Chapter 35 Paralyzed Left Wing

The performance of the 7th Armored Brigade was completely different from the mud before and after, which was really surprising.

Of course, this is not just the reason for the Seventh Armored Brigade.

Judging from the situation at that time, the 7th Armored Brigade was able to break through the Syrian military defense line in one fell swoop due to the surprise attack.

Although in the afternoon of the same day, the Syrian army received news about the Seventh Armored Brigade one after another, knowing that the Seventh Armored Brigade was attacking north in the Beka Valley. During this period, the Syrian army also used long-range artillery to launch artillery on the Israeli army, but it did not achieve any effect. However, in the evening, when the Seventh Armored Brigade appeared, the commander of the Syrian army actually believed that the Israeli army had such careful fighting style and would definitely not launch an attack immediately, but would wait until dark, or even wait until the 188th Armored Brigade followed up before launching an attack.

The result was that when the Israeli army gathered at the forefront, the Syrian army did not respond at all.

In just two hours, the vanguard of the Seventh Armored Brigade tore open the Syrian defense line, and expanded the breakthrough to more than five kilometers. It crossed the Holmes River south of Lake Holmes and established a bridgehead on the east bank. Unfortunately, the main force of the Seventh Armored Brigade had not arrived yet, and the Israeli army failed to expand its depth in time, nor could it surround the Syrian army in the south, and even could not continue to advance.

At 7:30, Jiang Bowen decided to launch a counterattack.

After the Syrian army was attacked, Jiang Bowen issued an order to the assault cluster that had arrived in Holmes, asking them to rush to the front line immediately and launch a counterattack at the appropriate time.

When Jiang Bowen decided to launch a counterattack, two assault clusters had arrived.

The battle began immediately, and the ground war platform once again showed performance far exceeding the fourth-generation main battle tank.

At that time, the two assault clusters changed from marching to assault queues, and it took only fifteen minutes, without stopping to adjust, and then they started to counterattack.

For the Israeli army, this is almost unimaginable.

You should know that the armored troops must stop and adjust before attacking. At least the Israeli army will have to spend half an hour adjusting the queue before attacking.

At less than half past eight, the vanguard of the Israeli army crossing the Homs River was completely wiped out.

The battle was almost one-sided. The Israeli army had no time to launch, so the assault cluster came to the front, and then wiped out the Israeli army's armored power just like cleaning up the battlefield.

At this time, the main force of the 7th Armored Brigade had advanced to the west bank of the Holmes River.

The scene that followed almost reduced the morale of Israeli officers and soldiers.

After sweeping the Israeli army's bridgehead on the east bank of the Holmes River, dozens of anti-armored platforms and dozens of multi-purpose platforms in the assault cluster rushed into the Holmes River without any preparation. By the time the Israeli army reacted, these combat platforms had already sailed onto the west bank of the Holmes River.

In other words, these combat platforms directly crossed the Holmes River

According to the combat records of the 13th Army, Major Wang Zhenwei, who was commanding the battle at that time, found a Syrian officer and only asked about the depth of the Holmes River and which section of the river was slower. He then ordered the troops to cross the Holmes River without any hesitation.

In fact, this is also one of the advantages of the all-electric action war platform.

Because it is powered by a fuel cell, no air is required, so before diving across the river, the driver and passengers only need to close all the hatch doors. If it is a previous main battle tank, even if it has the ability to dive, a long vent pipe must be installed on the top of the turret before crossing the river, and a booster device must be installed at the exhaust port. The best performance main battle tank will take fifteen minutes to complete these preparations.

Fortunately, the Holmes River is shallow and the water flows smoothly.

For the Israeli army, this was definitely a nightmare.

At that time, the Israeli army did not expect that the Chinese army's tanks and tanks could directly cross the Homs River, so they did not immediately set up a combat queue. According to the instructions of a captured Seventh Armored Brigade staff officer, after discovering that the Chinese army had arrived, the commander of the Seventh Armored Brigade also believed that the Chinese army could take advantage of the opportunity to cross the Homs River and attack it, and based on this, field artillery was first deployed.

There is no doubt that there is no suspense in this battle.

Before ten o'clock, the 7th Armored Brigade was defeated, even the military flag was captured, and the brigade headquarters was also wiped out by the assault cluster during the battle.

Even from 8 o'clock, the 7th Armored Brigade only fought for two hours.

In just two hours, this Israeli ace armored force became history.

In this battle, the two assault clusters lost only five anti-armor platforms and three multi-purpose platforms, and they could all be repaired, with less than 30 casualties. Except for less than 400 people in the Seventh Armored Brigade, the remaining 5,200 officers and soldiers were either killed or captured, and nearly 600 officers and soldiers disappeared, most of which fell into the Holmes River and drowned when the vanguard was defeated and retreated.

Although this battle cannot explain anything, it is enough to make the Israeli army frightened.

That night, the 188th Armored Brigade, which followed the 7th Armored Brigade, did not launch an attack, but began to build a line of defense at the north entrance of the Beca Valley.

Because the Syrian military defense line had been defeated, the assault cluster did not continue to launch an attack.

No matter what, a surprise attack can only be fought once, and if there are too many, it will not work.

More importantly, the total strength of the two assault clusters is less than 2,000, while the 188th Armored Brigade has more than 5,000, and the four subsequent military brigades have more than 20,000 people. If you really want to go deeper alone, even if the assault cluster can fight and the ground war platform is advanced, it will be outnumbered.

Of course, this is also related to Jiang Bowen's order.

The task of the assault cluster is only to help the Syrian army defend the defense line and prevent the Israeli army from assaulting Homs, rather than launching an attack without a stable footing.

Due to the circumstances at that time, the offensive conditions were not very mature.

The reason is simple: the logistics work to support these two assault clusters has not been in place, for example, the ground war platform will be withdrawn to Holmes to replenish the power.

In fact, this game had a serious impact on the subsequent battle.

Now, looking back, you can see how precious the six hours the Seventh Armored Brigade was in southern Lebanon. If these six hours were not delayed, the Israeli army could arrive at around 11:00 a.m. on the 16th, while the Syrian army did not build a line of defense at this time. That is to say, the Seventh Armored Brigade could fight in the vast desert to the east through the Homs River without any obstacles. If the Seventh Armored Brigade was allowed to unfold on the east bank of the Homs River,

Even if the two assault clusters of the Thirteenth Army can arrive in time, it will be difficult to achieve such a major victory. Because the Israeli army has enough reserves, especially the 188th Armored Brigade, the Israeli army can at least gain a foothold on the east bank of the Homs River. Given the performance of the Syrian army, Jiang Bowen will have to use the last reserve team left behind in Damascus, and he is not confident enough to defeat the Israeli army at Homs.

As for what impact will have in the future, it is difficult to predict.

The problem is that the Israeli army's crushing defeat at the Holmes River did not affect Balam's offensive plan.

Strictly speaking, the situation was very good before the 7th Armored Brigade suffered a crushing defeat, so Baram issued a main attack order at 6 pm.

According to the Israeli military's combat records, at around 8 o'clock, Balam planned to stop the attack and arranged for staff to issue orders to the frontline troops, but before the order was issued, just after 8 o'clock, the Israeli vanguard crossed the unguarded Jordan River.

At this point, it doesn't matter whether to stop the attack.

Subsequently, Baram revoked the order to stop the attack and still allowed the troops to act as planned. This shows that Baram has at least a little political awareness, knowing that the Israeli army crossed the Jordan River would be equivalent to dragging Jordan into the water. Even if Jordan does not participate in the war, China can march into Jordan in the name of protecting a neutral country.

In other words, even if the Israeli army does not fight, the Chinese army will fight.

Obviously, for the Israeli army, the best choice is definitely attack.

The Israeli army's actions in Jordan were very smooth. At less than ten o'clock, the Israeli vanguard, the assault force of the First Infantry Brigade, controlled Jerash, and then advanced north along the highway route and arrived at Rimsa at 11 o'clock. Because the Jordanian army had almost no resistance, the Israeli army only divided a small army to sweep the east bank of the Jordan River, and the main force advanced east from Rimsa and controlled Malfrak before the early morning. Here, it was less than 20 kilometers away from the border line of Jordan, and it was just on the left side of the Syrian army's defense line.

From a military perspective, there is nothing to praise for this round of attack by the Israeli army.

It was not that the Israeli army fought well, but that the Jordanian army had no resistance. To be precise, Jordan did not have defenses north of Amman. At that time, along the way of the Israeli army, there were less than one brigade of Jordanian troops, all of which were infantry and scattered in various towns.

In fact, Jordan itself is a "unprevented country".

After the Fifth Middle East War, Jordan began to pursue an absolute neutral policy and was the only country in the Middle East that reduced its defense power. Jordan's basic policy is to exchange neutrality for peace, and he is unwilling to offend either party or poses a threat to either party.

Unfortunately, Jordan's neutral policy was not rewarded.

Because the Israeli army was very fast in Jordan, and there was no fierce battle and there was no large-scale unrest in Jordan, Jiang Bowen was not aware of the situation in Jordan at that time. It was not until the early morning of the 17th that he received a message from Damascus that he knew that the Israeli army had invaded Jordan. Fortunately, by this time, the Israeli army had not crossed the border between Jordan.

In fact, such rapid advancement exceeded the expectations of the Israeli army.

At that time, Baram even believed that the First Infantry Brigade would not reach the border between Josia and Syria until the morning of the 17th, so he planned to launch a general attack on the morning of the 17th.

As a result, the 1st Infantry Brigade completed the mission eight hours ahead of schedule.

Incredibly, the First Infantry Brigade stopped and did not continue to advance northward.

Otherwise, Jiang Bowen would definitely receive the first thing he did not receive was the diplomatic news forwarded by Yu Shihui, but the war report of the Syrian frontier defensive forces.

Chapter 35 Paralyzed Left Wing
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