Chapter 100 Major Strategic Adjustment

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On January 12, after a decisive battle with the Chinese fleet, French made the decision to withdraw his troops and led the American fleet south to return to Perth.

Three days later, the task force returned to the Pacific Ocean via the Strait of Malacca.

It can be said that in early 2053, the main work of both sides of the war was to make strategic adjustments to adapt to the new war situation.

The first thing to do is to launch an action is the Western Alliance group led by the United States.

On January 10, the US President, Russian President, Canadian Prime Minister, Australian Prime Minister, Mexican President, New Zealand Prime Minister and Israel Prime Minister and other heads of Western alliance groups gathered in Quebec. The first Western alliance summit was officially held, mainly discussing strategic issues.

Although Britain did not participate in the war, it sent representatives to attend the meeting.

The meeting was not going well.

First, the Russian President proposed that the investment in the mainland's military should be strengthened because this is a shortcut to attack China's mainland. Then the Israeli Prime Minister proposed that the Middle East should be regarded as the main battlefield, because it is a key location to stabilize European countries and control the Eurasian continental hub. Australia and New Zealand believe that the focus should be placed on the Pacific battlefield, especially in Southeast Asia.

Obviously, several countries on the front lines of war all have their own needs.

Reconciling these contradictions is definitely a arduous task for the US president, not to mention that the US also has its own strategic plan.

It was also at this meeting that the US President made a commitment to the Russian President.

Although Israel, Australia and New Zealand both firmly oppose it, Canada and Mexico also believe that the situation in Russia is not very dangerous. At least until the spring of 2054, the progress of the Chinese team on the mainland battlefield will not pose a fatal threat to Russia. As for the areas occupied by the Chinese team, it is not a strategic location, and there is no need to rush to increase troops to the mainland battlefield. However, the US President is very clear that Russia's will to war is not firm enough. If it does not make appropriate statements, Russia is likely to make peace with China alone. More importantly, China's victory on the mainland battlefield has had an impact on several neutral Central Asian countries. If Kazakhstan turns to China, then Russia is only one step away from defeat.

The problem is that making a promise does not mean being able to fulfill it.

You know, the shortcomings of the US military are the Army.

With the speed of the United States' mobilization, although the total army's strength will exceed three million in half a year, the crucial new main combat equipment will not begin to take shape until at least the end of 2053. In other words, on the ground battlefield, the Western allied coalition still has to use backward weapons and equipment to fight against the powerful Chinese army, and the ground forces mobilized by the United States will not be able to play their due role.

At that time, the United States had not even one available division, let alone sending five divisions to Iran.

Obviously, when the troops are not enough to make ends meet, the Western alliance group must focus on it and give up some less important battlefields.

In other words, the Western alliance group must make internal compromises.

Although the United States is the leader of the alliance group, in order to gather other countries, it is necessary to make concessions and must first give up the main battlefield.

According to the information disclosed after the war, the US president had promised to temporarily abandon the offensive operations in the Western Pacific before the Russian battlefield, the Middle East battlefield and the Iran battlefield to temporarily give up the offensive operations in the Western Pacific, and send some combat troops deployed in the Western Pacific to the Southwest Pacific.

The result is that the United States essentially gave up the opportunity to take the initiative to attack.

Although it's a pity, it's unavoidable.

After the war, many people believed that if the United States launched a strategic offensive in the Western Pacific in early 2053, such as attacking Okinawa, the situation of the war would be beneficial to the United States, and some people even believed that the United States would win the Third World War as a result.

The problem is that if the United States launches a strategic offensive in the Western Pacific, it will have to be defeated on other battlefields.

Perhaps, the US military can conquer Okinawa Island after paying a heavy price and open up a strategic channel to bomb China's mainland. However, after a crushing defeat on other battlefields, the United States will not be able to win the Third World War, and it is even possible to lose this war that determines the future world pattern faster.

When the Western Alliance Group adjusts its strategy, the Eastern Alliance Group led by China is also making strategic adjustments.

Relatively speaking, China has encountered much fewer difficulties than the United States.

After Iran joined the war, the Asian battlefields were already connected, and as the Chinese navy seized the control of the Indian Ocean, the maritime routes became unobstructed. The result was that China could make reasonable use of its limited troops as much as possible based on actual conditions.

You know, China's war mobilization has not been completed either.

By the beginning of 2053, the Chinese Army had less than one million troops, and the total strength was only 2.5 million, far from reaching the minimum standard for fighting a full-scale war. With China's mobilization speed, even by the end of 2053, the available forces would not exceed five million. Because China was under greater pressure on the mainland battlefield and there were not many countries that could provide assistance, China's military pressure significantly exceeded that of the United States.

It can be seen from this that China's situation is not much better than that of the United States.

In mid-January, the head of the Oriental Alliance Group held a meeting in New Delhi, and Huang Hanlin personally attended the meeting to clarify the group's strategic purpose.

This meeting was a major success.

The reason is very simple. In the Oriental Alliance Group, there is only one core, no second core, and the security issues of most group members are not very prominent, so China can dominate the entire group and make those countries that are not threatened for the time being obeyed.

It can be said that this is the most favorable part of China.

You should know that in the Western Alliance group, in addition to the United States, Russia also has a strong influence, and even Australia and Canada have the right to speak.

The core strategy of the Oriental Alliance Group is still to stabilize all ground battlefields.

Obviously, Huang Hanlin also made a major concession. According to his promise, China will launch a counterattack on the Pacific battlefield after stabilizing the ground battlefield. The result is that the Chinese Army will send a second army to Iran in February, and increase the ground troops deployed in Pakistan to 50,000, and send an army to Iraq to make the strength of more than 200,000 troops on the Middle East battlefield.

In this way, the troops on the mainland battlefield will be even more limited.

Although Qi Kaiwei was very dissatisfied with the head of state's decision, he was just dissatisfied and did not argue with Huang Hanlin about it.

Relatively speaking, Mu Haoyang was much more affected.

The reason is very simple. According to Huang Hanlin's promise at the group summit, even if the navy can seize the sea control of the Western Pacific by the end of March, the combat operations to attack the Mariana Islands will have to be postponed, at least the forces placed in the Western Pacific will be greatly reduced.

For Mu Haoyang, either postpone the offensive operation or launch an attack when the troops are insufficient.

Obviously, neither choice is ideal.

The impact of this is that Mu Haoyang has to adjust the overall war plan again and re-plan the combat operations in the first half of 2053.

If it weren't for something that happened next, Mu Haoyang would probably give up the idea of ​​attacking the Mariana Islands.

In January, the most important thing has nothing to do with war, but is outside the battlefield.

After more than two months of negotiations, the heads of governments of France, Germany and Italy announced on January 14 that they would form a three-country coalition government based on the existing government. Although this resolution still needs to be supported by the legislative bodies of the three countries before it can take effect, European countries have finally taken a crucial step towards substantive unification, and thus opened the curtain for the reunification of the European continent dominated by France, Germany and Italy, and had a crucial impact on other European countries, such as forcing Britain to decide to join the Western alliance group led by the United States soon.

More importantly, this has had an important impact on the situation on the battlefield.

In a sense, it was France, Germany and Italy that announced the establishment of a coalition government, which led to Huang Hanlin's decision to stabilize the mainland battlefield at the Oriental Alliance Group Summit, and thus made politics affect the military, or forced soldiers to obey the decisions of politicians.

The reason is very simple. Only by stabilizing the situation on the mainland battlefield can we hope to win over the European group.

At that time, the first thing the Chinese team had to do was to win with Iran in the Middle East. Although the battlefield in the Middle East was more important, the internal connection made the Iran war more important. To put it simply, if the battlefield in Iran could not stabilize, China would not be able to transport troops to the Middle East, nor would it be possible for the European group that was waiting and watching to believe that China could win. You should know that the Western alliance group had not yet suffered a strategic defeat.

Although politicians decide the direction of war, soldiers are still commanding the war.

In other words, how to transform political decisions into military actions is still up to the soldiers.

Faced with Huang Hanlin's commitment at the New Delhi summit, Mu Haoyang had no right to object, but was able to make corresponding adjustments.

At that time, the task force had returned to the Pacific Ocean and was renamed the Pacific Ocean Fleet.

More importantly, the second batch of large-scale integrated warships of the "Heilongjiang" class will be put into service in mid-March, so Mu Haoyang proposed in late January to launch combat operations to attack the Mariana Islands according to the originally determined plan and annihilate the US fleet in the Western Pacific.

Although Qi Kaiwei raised objections, Huang Hanlin finally approved the combat plan submitted by Mu Haoyang.

The reason is simple. As long as the combat operations planned by Mu Haoyang achieve the expected results, the Chinese Navy will be able to reverse the strategic trend and force the United States to increase its troops to the Pacific, thereby significantly reducing the pressure on the ground battlefield and allowing the army to fight in more favorable circumstances.
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