Mu Haoyang and Qi Kaiwei have constant differences in whether they can increase troops on the mainland battlefield.

As an army general and chief of staff, Qi Kaiwei insisted on increasing troops on the mainland battlefield with the ultimate goal of completely defeating Russia. However, Mu Haoyang felt that there was no need to pay too much attention to Russia. The key task on the mainland battlefield was to ensure local security, and it was not important whether it could completely defeat Russia.

On a strategic level, the differences between the two became increasingly serious.

Qi Kaiwei continued to insist that he could only use troops in the south after defeating Russia, such as attacking Australia, otherwise the local security would not be guaranteed. He also put forward another reason, that is, defeating Russia is a necessary condition for uniting European countries and expanding the camp.

Not only did Mu Haoyang not think so, he also believed that defeating Russia would only make the situation on the southern battlefield worse and worse, which was not conducive to turning the situation around on the main battlefield. Of course, in Mu Haoyang's eyes, the mainland battlefield is not the main battlefield, that is, a battlefield that can make decisive contributions to the final victory.

According to this theory, Mu Haoyang put forward a view that using Russia to restrain the United States' troops has forced the United States to fight on three fronts, so that it is impossible to invest enough troops on the main battlefield to launch strategic offensives and maintain strategic balance on the main battlefield.

Mu Haoyang's views have always been the best.

It is precisely because Mu Haoyang's strategic planning has received support from senior management, and he basically deployed troops and arranged combat operations according to his wishes.

However, by 2053, Qi Kaiwei's views were also taken seriously.

At that time, Qi Kaiwei put forward a very important point, that is, to realize Mu Haoyang's strategic plan, he had to increase troops on the mainland battlefield, which would create a fatal threat to Russia, thus forcing the United States to send troops to Russia. To this end, he had to send more troops to the Far East, open up the ground transportation line to Siberia, and then march towards the Ural Mountains, which would threaten Russia's European region.

According to Qi Kaiwei's theory, as long as the team arrives at Ural Mountain, Russia will ask the United States for help.

Because the US-Israeli coalition does not take the initiative in the Middle East battlefield and the Russian army is struggling on the Iran battlefield, so as long as Russia's most core European region is threatened, the United States will have no choice. At least until the US-Israeli coalition wins the Middle East War, the United States will not leave Russia behind.

The result was that the US military was fighting on three fronts, making the already stretched army more tense.

However, Mu Haoyang does not think such a result will occur.

In his opinion, even if the army can reach the Ural Mountains, it will be difficult to enter Russia's European region, and it will be impossible to force the United States to send troops to Russia.

The reason is very simple, the team may not be able to cross Ural Mountain smoothly.

In this regard, Mu Haoyang put forward a reason that even Qi Kaiwei could not refute, that is, after advancing to the Ural Mountains, the army's logistics supply line would become very long, and the Russian Siberian Railway's capacity was severe and insufficient, so the front-line troops could not obtain enough supplies.

In fact, this issue was considered before the war.

If the Russian army's intentional destruction and interference factors in the occupied areas are taken into account, the Siberian Railway's capacity can only support the operations of four armies at most. If the logistics support force is included, the total force invested in the Russian battlefield cannot exceed 500,000. The problem is that if Russia wants to completely defeat it, at least one and a half million ground troops will have to be invested, so a new supply route is needed for the remaining one million ground troops.

Before the war, Mu Haoyang and Qi Kaiwei placed their hopes on large electric transport aircraft.

Although some people have proposed other solutions, such as opening up routes to the Black Sea after controlling the Indian Ocean and using sea transportation to deal with the problem, these methods have limitations and will significantly increase the navy's combat burden, which is inconsistent with the actual situation.

Not to mention anything else, the navy is unable to enter the Mediterranean.

In addition, pro-American neutral countries like Türkiye will not defect to China for the time being.

In fact, it is precisely for the sake of fighting against Russia that Mu Haoyang attaches great importance to large electric transport aircraft and gives the project the highest priority.

The problem is that the war has only been fighting for more than two months, and the number of large electric transport aircraft is very limited.

By early January 2053, the total delivery volume of large electric transport aircraft was only 540. Eliminating combat losses and non-combat losses, the number of them was about 480. After the outbreak of the mainland war, the Air Force had dispatched 80% of large electric transport aircraft, and only retained about 100 on the Middle East battlefield. Even so, it could only support two armies to fight in Siberia at most.

According to Qi Kaiwei's vision, if we march into the Ural Mountains and aim to capture the Russian and European region, at least sixteen armies would be needed, so about 1,600 large electric transport aircraft would be needed. In this way, there would be enough large electric transport aircraft until the end of 2053. There is another premise, that is, in 2053, the loss rate of large electric transport aircraft would remain unchanged.

Obviously, this is unlikely.

You should know that in the Middle East battlefield alone, the combat loss rate of large electric transport aircraft is increasing, and as the situation on the battlefield changes, the demand will also increase.

Based on this, Mu Haoyang proposed that it is best to adopt a more stable offensive strategy on the mainland battlefield.

According to his proposal, the army should slow down the pace of its offensive and first eliminate the Russian army's live power on the Siberian battlefield. It will not be considered to march into the Ural Mountains until 2054.

Obviously, Qi Kaiwei will not support Mu Haoyang's proposal.

He continued to insist that the large-scale battle in the Asian direction should be ended within half a year, that is, to push the front line to the near Ural Mountain by the end of June 2053, and strive to cross Ural Mountain before the arrival of winter in 2053, otherwise it would have to be delayed until the spring of 2054.

On the night of January 6, the two fought hard in front of Yuan.

At this time, Huang Hanlin preferred Qi Kaiwei, believing that the mainland battlefield was indirectly related to local security and it was necessary to speed up the offensive.

Fortunately, after Mu Haoyang tried his best to clarify the situation, Huang Hanlin's attitude changed.

This is just a change, and does not mean that Huang Hanlin no longer supports Qi Kaiwei.

To this end, Mu Haoyang proposed that investment in the southern battlefield should be strengthened and strategic counterattacks should be launched within the year, and the location is in the Western Pacific.

In other words, the Mariana Islands were attacked in 2053.

There is no doubt that Qi Kaiwei firmly opposed doing so, but it attracted Huang Hanlin's attention.

At this time, Mu Haoyang's political awareness played a very critical role, because all Huang Hanlin's all his temptations were mainly political factors.

After more than two months of fighting, China is still strategically passive, which puts great pressure on Huang Hanlin.

Although the emotions and domestic social environment of the domestic people are relatively stable through war propaganda and increasing the supply of materials, there has always been a problem, that is, China is in a strategic defensive situation, and the United States is the one who takes the initiative, and it will be difficult to see the hope of turning defeat into victory for a long time in the future. Even if this is necessary and objective, there are many political problems.

For example, how can we make more people believe that victory ultimately belongs to China?

Obviously, it is impossible to win by defeating the enemy in defense. Only a counterattack, and a decisive counterattack, can lead to victory.

In a sense, Huang Hanlin supported Qi Kaiwei to fight on the mainland battlefield in order to win a decisive victory as soon as possible.

Mu Haoyang knew Huang Hanlin very well, so he took the opportunity to launch a strategic counterattack in the Western Pacific.

For Huang Hanlin, this is undoubtedly a huge temptation, because the Pacific Ocean is the main battlefield. If China wants to completely defeat the United States, it must win in the Pacific, and first launch a strategic counterattack in the Western Pacific to lay the foundation for the subsequent strategic offensive.

The problem is that counterattacks in the Western Pacific will inevitably weaken the input of troops on the mainland battlefield.

More importantly, the navy still does not have strategic initiative and does not have solid sea control, so it has to use a large amount of strategic airlift power in the counterattack.

This is mainly the reason why Qi Kaiwei firmly opposes it.

You should know that the production of large electric transport aircraft is so large. If the focus is on the Western Pacific, there will be no sufficient support on the mainland battlefield.

It can be said that at this time, the conflict between Mu Haoyang and Qi Kaiwei had reached an irreconcilable point.

After Huang Hanlin made his statement, Mu Haoyang and Qi Kaiwei could only compromise with each other and roughly formulate a strategic plan. The Navy will jointly attack the Mariana Islands by the end of March, provided that the Navy must seize the sea control of the Western Pacific before this. If this premise is not met, four additional armies will be sent to the mainland battlefield on the last day of March to assist the Army in opening the railway line from the Far East to Siberia by the end of June, and strive to push the front to the near-Ural Mountain by the end of September, that is, before the arrival of winter in Russia.

To this end, Mu Haoyang had to come up with the navy's combat plan before the end of January.

Obviously, this is not a simple task, because in the strategic plan he originally formulated, the attack on the Mariana Islands should be one year after the war begins. To be precise, after the situation on other fronts has basically stabilized, a strategic counterattack should be launched in the Western Pacific.

Unfortunately, even in three months, the situation on other fronts will not stabilize.

The result is that Mu Haoyang must adjust the overall war plan and launch this extremely arduous battle action six months in advance.

Back at the General Staff, Mu Haoyang had to give up the idea of ​​going to the task force.

In the early morning of January 7, Mu Haoyang sent a telegram to Major General Gong Jifei, who was commanding the task force, asking him to try his best to operate under the cover of the shore-based aviation force and avoid fighting with the US fleet as much as possible. If necessary, he could retreat to the Bay of Bengal to avoid sudden attacks from the US military.

The question is, can retreat avoid potential threats?
Chapter completed!