Chapter 32: Tit for the Tip

According to the information disclosed after the war, on November 10, the third day after arriving in Syria, Jiang Bowen visited the front line of the Syrian army and learned about the situation ahead, especially the situation of the Syrian army. The next day, Jiang Bowen submitted a combat plan to Qi Kaiwei, proposing to launch a decisive attack before November 15, but mentioned that he should enter Jordan and surround the Israeli army from the south.

It was obvious that Jiang Bowen and Balam thought of going together.

Judging from the situation at that time, even if Jiang Bowen was confident of breaking through the Israeli army's defense line on the Golan Heights, he would lose his momentum due to heavy losses. More importantly, Jiang Bowen only had one army and no reserve team, and in his eyes, the Syrian army was unreliable.

Although there is evidence that the staff of the 13th Army proposed a compromise plan at that time, with the Syrian army as the main attack and the 13th Army being responsible for deep breakthroughs. To put it simply, it is to first let the Syrian army open the gap on the Israeli military defense line, and the 13th Army being responsible for expanding the gap and deep assault. However, Jiang Bowen certainly did not adopt this suggestion, because it means that the Syrian army will not only lose the suddenness of the assault, but will also cause the Syrian army to suffer too much losses, thus shaking the entire line of defense.

It must be admitted that Jiang Bowen's choice is not wrong.

You should know that when he was planning to attack, Balam had prepared his troops. As long as there were loopholes in the Syrian defense line, the Israeli army would take advantage of the situation. Don’t forget that Balam was a hero of the Israeli army in the fifth Middle East War and the only general in the Israeli army to win battles. With his talent, even if he could not do anything beyond his actual ability, he would definitely be able to seize the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

If the Israeli army really fights easily, the consequences will be difficult to predict.

Of course, Jiang Bowen encountered the same problem as his opponent at this time, that is, the political influence that he had caused by Jordan.

It is precisely for this reason that Qi Kaiwei did not immediately approve his combat plan, but instead proposed it to Mu Haoyang, hoping that Mu Haoyang would talk to Du Xiaolei to see if he could make a breakthrough in diplomacy and let Jordan make a choice, at least agree to let the Chinese army pass through.

In fact, on November 5, Du Xiaolei sent a special envoy to Amman.

At that time, it was Mu Haoyang's request.

In Mu Haoyang's overall strategic plan, the next step is to make efforts in the Middle East, continue to consume the US military, force the US military to deploy more fleets in the Indian Ocean, and concentrate on the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden to relieve the pressure on the Western Pacific and create opportunities for the fleet to enter the Indian Ocean.

You should know that if the US fleet was deployed in the East Indian Ocean, Mu Haoyang would not have been able to get such an opportunity.

The only way to get the US military to transfer the fleet is to put pressure on Israel.

According to Mu Haoyang's judgment, the US military must be planning to attack an island in the Western Pacific, and it is very likely that it is Okinawa Island. Therefore, the US ground forces should be mainly deployed on the Pacific battlefield. In this way, it will be difficult for the United States to send heavy troops to Israel.

Of course, there is still a question of time.

According to information provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, the US military is accelerating the delivery of troops to the Western Pacific and the Southwest Pacific. After Singapore surrenders, the United States must strengthen its military deployment in Australia to prevent Chinese troops from continuing to move south. Therefore, the main transportation capacity of the US military is in the Pacific.

Affected by this, it is difficult for the US military to send ground combat troops to Israel in time.

Not to mention anything else, at least the US military's transport fleet must stay in the Pacific, otherwise it would be impossible to increase the military power deployed in Australia in the short term.

Without air freight, you can only ship by sea.

The impact of this is that it will not be possible for the US military to arrive in Israel until the end of November.

From a time perspective, if a decisive ground war can be fought before this, even if Israel cannot be defeated, the situation in the Middle East can stabilize and force the United States to continue to increase its troops to Israel to protect the only bridgehead in the Middle East and avoid rapid defeat on the ground battlefield.

You should know that in terms of strategic value, Israel is no lower than Guam and Digo Garcia.

It can be said that the United States will never give up on Israel.

In this way, as long as the United States fully supports Israel, its offensive in the Western Pacific will have to be postponed.

Obviously, this is Mu Haoyang's wishful thinking.

To achieve this goal, the best way is not to strengthen Syria's defense, but to launch a decisive attack at the right time. You should know that in terms of military choice, as long as the United States makes a guarantee, Israel is likely to give up the idea of ​​attacking Syria.

If defense is the main focus and the Israeli army has not fought, then Mu Haoyang's attempt will be disappointed.

Although Mu Haoyang is not an army general, he can see the importance of Jordan at a glance and knows that using Jordan is a shortcut to attack Israel.

For this reason, before Qi Kaiwei called over, he mentioned this matter to Du Xiaolei.

The problem is that Du Xiaolei's substantial help did not achieve immediate results.

Although Singapore surrendered without a fight, greatly increasing China's prestige and hitting the US's momentum, the 13th Army had not yet arrived in Syria at that time, and the Israeli Defense Forces had deployed dozens of brigades in the West Bank and eight brigades in the Golan Heights. In comparison, the Royal Jordanian Army was not worth mentioning at all. Not only did it have few troops, but its equipment was also very backward, and even the fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers was not very high. More importantly, Egypt's defeat on the Sinai Peninsula seriously damaged the confidence of the Jordanian royal family, making the Jordanian authorities believe that participating in the war can only cause fire. Jordan has no reason to declare war on Israel for Egypt and Syria.

As a result, the King of Jordan reiterated his neutrality policy before the envoy sent by Du Xiaolei arrived in Amman.

In order to show his unwavering neutral position, the King of Jordan did not receive the Chinese envoy, but arranged a deputy ministerial official to receive it.

As for the effect of this round of diplomatic activities, we can imagine it.

On November 11, Du Xiaolei personally spoke to the Jordanian Prime Minister'> and directly proposed to go to Jordan, but was first politely rejected by Jordan.

It is also true that Jiang Bowen's combat vision was completely failed.

If you fail to attack, you can only make a fuss about defense.

As mentioned earlier, Jiang Bowen had long expected that the Israeli army would use Jordan. And judging from the situation at that time, the only way for the Israeli army to make a quick breakthrough was to use Jordan, otherwise they would have to fight a war of attrition on the Golan Heights and lose the opportunity to make a big breakthrough in depth.

In response to this idea, Jiang Bowen decided to expand the width of the Syrian army's defense line and change its defense deployment.

According to his arrangement, the Syrian army still had to keep its main force in Kunetra and Dela provinces, focusing on guarding the Golan Heights, because even if the Israeli army hits the right hook, it will launch a fierce attack on the Golan Heights, trying to restrain the main force of the Syrian army, and consume the Syrian army reserves in positional wars, and then come from the south, and through a beautiful roundabout encirclement, eating hundreds of thousands of Syrian troops in the southern region in one breath.

However, while focusing on the Golan Heights, the Syrian army had to extend the defense line east to Busla in the southern part of Suveda Province.

Of course, Jiang Bowen did not make excessive demands on the Syrian army. The strength of this defense line was not high. At the front width of nearly fifty kilometers, there were only two Syrian infantry divisions, and an armored brigade was behind it as a reserve. The main purpose was not to block the Israeli army from the border, but to delay the Israeli army's advancement speed.

According to Jiang Bowen's vision, this place will become a "trap" for the Israeli army.

It is also true that Jiang Bowen decided to deploy mobile counterattack troops near Suveda, that is, on the southern highlands of Suveda Province. After the Israeli army came, he launched a counterattack from its right wing, and then went around behind the Israeli army, cut off the Israeli army's traffic line, and encircled and annihilated the Israeli assault troops.

At that time, the Israeli scouts encountered in Suveda Province, which was the vanguard sent by Jiang Bowen.

In order to achieve the effect of a sudden attack, the troops deployed near Suveda must be absolutely concealed, but now it seems unlikely.

The problem was that at that time, Jiang Bowen didn't know that the Israeli scouts had discovered his small moves.

It was not until November 15 that a Syrian pilot who was shot down over Southern Lebanon returned to Syria with the help of Hezbollah guerrillas that he brought back a crucial news that the Israeli army had entered Southern Lebanon and was disguised as the Lebanese National Defense Force.

While Jiang Bowen was still skeptical, the Military Intelligence Bureau sent a key piece of information: a fleet of six armored brigades' main combat equipment had arrived at the Port of Jaffa.

The information also mentioned that the Israeli army had enough strength to launch a strategic offensive in the north.

Based on other intelligence and reconnaissance reports, Jiang Bowen suddenly realized that the Israeli army had enough strength to launch a caliper-shaped offensive from both wings of the Golan Heights.

In other words, the Israeli army is likely to go around the rear of the Syrian army through the Beka Valley.

The problem is that there was no direct information at that time to prove Jiang Bowen's judgment. Instead, the Israeli army's assembly operations in the Golan Heights and the West Bank had been proven.

After weighing the pros and cons, Jiang Bowen drew two assault clusters from the reserve team on the night of the fifteenth day to send them to Holmes.

If the Israeli army walked into the Beca Valley, they would definitely have to come out from the south of Homs. Jiang Bowen's idea was that these two assault clusters could delay the Israeli army for at least a period of time. With the tactical maneuverability of the Thirteenth Army, he would be able to free up his hands to deal with the Israeli army for just ten hours.

It is obvious that Jiang Bowen still focuses on the south side.

As it turned out, his judgment was completely correct. The Israeli army did not bet on the Beca Valley and still adopted an offensive strategy that mainly broke through the south.

More importantly, the two assault clusters have a total force of only more than 2,000 people, so it is easy to move forward in seclusion.

You should know that until the night of the 15th, the deployment of the 13th Army was still in progress, so the Israeli reconnaissance system is unlikely to pay attention to this small force.

In fact, Balam did not notice the Chinese army rushing to Holmes.

On the night of the 15th, when six armored brigades were receiving equipment one after another, Baram issued a combat order to the front line troops and was scheduled to launch an attack at 2 a.m. on the 16th.

Chapter 32: Tit for the Tip
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