At that time, Yu Shihui had no clear purpose of the battle, mainly to disrupt the offensive preparations of the US-Israeli coalition forces. ◇Baidu search: ◇Piaotian Silk Network◇Net◇

Before this, the Chinese and Syrian legions used similar methods many times to disintegrate the tactical offensive operations of the US-Israeli coalition forces, and achieved very significant results.

It can be said that launching an attack before the enemy is an effective way to dismantle the enemy's offensive operations.

However, this time Yu Shihui underestimated the scale of the attack of the US-Israeli coalition.

According to the information disclosed after the war, in a report submitted by Yu Shihui to Qi Kaiwei on February 1, it was mentioned that the US-Israeli coalition forces would launch another attack with the goal of capturing Amman.

In other words, Yu Shihui regarded the abnormal movements of the US-Israeli coalition as a precursor to tactical offense.

Although Yu Shihui has realized that the scale of this round of tactical offensive by the US-Israeli coalition would be relatively large, otherwise the US would not replace Dera's Israeli army, in the face of such obvious signs, Yu Shihui did not realize that this was not a tactical offensive, but an offensive action with strategic purpose.

This misjudgment had a huge impact on the subsequent combat operations.

On February 4, the Chinese and Syrian legions began to attack Dela and put pressure on the US-Israeli coalition forces that were still changing defenses.

It is undeniable that the advance attack caused a lot of trouble for the US-Israeli coalition, and forced Baram to launch an attack in advance after more than ten hours. However, Dera's large-scale attack also greatly consumed the reserve team of the Chinese and Syrian legion, forcing Yu Shihui to face the embarrassing situation of serious shortage of reserve teams in the subsequent battle, which had an irreversible impact on the subsequent battle.

That night, the Israeli army began to attack Amman.

The entire battle surrounding Amman ran through the entire battle. Although the Zhongyou Legion defended Amman and drove out the Israeli army that broke into the city many times, it also consumed a lot of troops and forced the Chinese Air Force to concentrate its efforts to transport combat troops and combat materials to Amman during the entire battle.

The result was that in other directions, the Israeli army had almost no effective resistance.

On the afternoon of February 5, the Israeli army successfully captured Zarka and Semra, opening up the road to Maflak. The last two military strongholds guarded by Jordanian troops in the north of Amman were thus captured, and the Israeli army successfully opened up a strategic channel for launching an attack eastward.

That night, the five Israeli military troops set out from Maflak and began to advance eastward.

Maflak Province in northeast Jordan is the main road to Iraq and the barrier between Syria and Saudi Arabia, which has high strategic value.

Of course, whether the strategic value of Maflak can be utilized depends on the Israeli army being able to solve the logistics support problem.

You should know that there is only one main highway in Maflak Province, and this highway leads to Iraq to the east and to Saudi Arabia to the southeast.

Although this desert highway is of great value, it cannot support large army operations.

According to the combat standards of the Israeli army, this highway supports up to ten brigades. Whether it is entering Iraq or Saudi Arabia, ten brigades are far from enough. In a sense, Iraq and Saudi Arabia do not even need to strengthen the border defense line, because the Israeli army has become the last of its strength when it reaches the border.

In fact, this is exactly the importance of Syria, because only Syria and Iraq have railway connections.

In other words, only after occupying Syria can the US-Israeli coalition completely solve the logistics support issue and be able to attack Iraq.

Of course, this is also the main reason why Rollinson opposed the expansion of the front in Jordan.

In his opinion, the desert in the hinterland of the Arabian Peninsula will be a natural barrier for the US-Israeli coalition forces and the best position for the Chinese team to defend.

It’s not that Balam didn’t know these problems, but that he wanted to take advantage of them.

The reason is very simple. The Chinese team also needs to face the difficulties that the Israeli army needs to face. At least at that time, the Chinese team could not completely get rid of the ground transportation line, or China's air transport power was not strong enough to support ground troops alone in combat.

In this way, as long as the Israeli army advances eastward from Maflak, the Chinese team will have to defend Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

The actual situation is indeed the case. After learning that five military brigades were advancing east from Maflak, Yu Shihui sent a brigade of the 127th Army to Anbar Province, Iraq. Of course, the main purpose of this was to maintain confidence and fighting spirit for Iraqi military and civilians.

Obviously, Baram does not expect to invade Iraq.

On February 6, the Israeli army marched south from the east bank of the Jordan River, with a total force of up to fifty brigades, and Balam also prepared a reserve team of thirty brigades.

It can be said that this is the main attack direction of the Yi army.

According to Balam's deployment, the Israeli army was heading south along the highway and railway lines. The vanguard was not responsible for capturing the towns, but attacked with all their might, and the combat troops immediately followed him occupied important military strongholds. Balam's order was very simple. It was necessary to capture the entire Jordanian territory within five to seven days, advance the front line near the border of Jossa, and eliminate all Jordanian troops entrenched in southern Jordan.

There is no doubt that Balam's offensive strategy is very clever.

You should know that as long as the Israeli army can advance quickly, it will be difficult for the Chinese team to organize a new line of defense. Don’t forget that the 338th Reserve Army is deployed in Jordan, rather than the main army with strong combat power. Moreover, the southern Jordan area is mainly desert, and the traffic conditions are very harsh.

More importantly, this will pose a serious threat to Saudi Arabia.

From a political perspective, as long as the Israeli army invades Saudi Arabia, it will shake the entire Arab world and make Arab countries doubt China's war potential.

At this time, Yu Shihui still did not realize the seriousness of the situation.

After learning about the Israeli army's advance to the south, Yu Shihui still believed that the main purpose of the Israeli army was to capture Amman rather than to occupy the entire Jordan.

As a result, the Chinese and Syrian Legion's attack on Dela became even more fierce.

Yu Shihui's purpose is very simple: by attacking Dela, he forced the US-Israeli coalition forces to increase troops to Dela, thereby weakening the Israeli troops invested in the Jordan battlefield.

At that time, there was a very important reason for Yu Shihui to make this judgment, that is, he miscalculated the strength of the Israeli army.

According to the intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Agency, by early February, Israel's total troop strength was about two million, while Israel could mobilize combatants between 2.5 million and 3 million, while the actual combat force of the Israeli army would not exceed one million. Therefore, without the support of the US military, it would be difficult for the Israeli army to launch a strategic offensive.

According to this information, Yu Shihui believes that the Israeli army invested about 200,000 troops on the Jordan battlefield.

The reality is that Balam used nearly 500,000 ground troops, of which more than 400,000 were used on the southern front.

Such a serious misjudgment directly led to problems with Yu Shihui's deployment of troops.

Immediately afterwards, the situation of the battle changed again.

On February 7, the US military launched a feint attack in the direction of Holmes. Although Rollinson was not optimistic about Baram's plan, he faithfully implemented Marshall's order.

Although Yu Shihui judged that the US military was just a feint attack, Holmes was threatened.

Affected by this, Yu Shihui sent eight assault clusters to Holmes on the same day and ordered Major General Jiang Bowen to launch a counterattack when necessary.

Judging from the situation at that time, Yu Shihui also hoped to use Holmes to restrain the US-Israel coalition forces.

In a sense, Yu Shihui achieved his tactical purpose, that is, he restrained the US military at Dera and Holmes, but the Israeli army, which acted as the main force of the attack, was not greatly affected.

At that time, the performance of the US military also played a very important role.

For example, on the Dela battlefield, the performance of the two US reserve divisions completely exceeded Yu Shihui's expectations. Not only did they withstand the repeated attacks of more than ten Syrian military advisors, but they also blocked the fierce attack of the 27th Army. It was not until February 9 that the 27th Army invaded Dela and forced the defenders to seek help from the rear. If a major breakthrough could be achieved on February 7, then Dela's battle would be very likely to change the battle. Unfortunately, by February 9, the Israeli vanguard had arrived in Maan and captured this strategic location. The result was that although Balam sent ten brigades to Dela, weakening the power of the reserve team, the Israeli army had already achieved a decisive victory in the southern battlefield, basically controlling the southern Jordan, and pushing the front line near the border of Jossa.

The place that really changed the battle was not in Dela, but in Amman.

By February 10, when the Israeli army had to return to defend Dela, Amman was still in the hands of the Central Era Legion, and the Israeli army had already paid a heavy price on the periphery of the city. According to the Israeli army's combat records, from the fifth to the tenth, a total of more than 7,400 Israeli officers and soldiers were killed in battle on the Amman battlefield, with nearly 20,000 disabled. Four main brigades and six reserve brigades lost their combat capabilities due to heavy losses.

More importantly, Amman's strategic importance emerged at this time.

You should know that Amman is the transportation hub center of Jordan, and all railway lines to the southern region and most highways must pass through Amman. In other words, as long as Amman is still in the hands of the Central Jordan Legion, it will be difficult for the Israeli army to maintain combat operations in the southern region.

Of course, Baram understands this.

On February 11, after the threat to Dela was reduced, the Israeli army began to attack Amman.

At this time, Yu Shihui had already made an accurate judgment on the battle situation and knew the strategic importance of Amman, and he also invested a lot in Amman.

At that time, the main task of the Chinese Air Force was to ensure Amman's air supremacy so that transport planes could travel to Amman.

This battle was eventually called the "Amman Battle". It was mainly in the late stage of the battle, and both sides regarded Amman as the main battlefield to decide the outcome.

At that time, the Israeli army invested thirty brigades of heavy troops in Amman.

By the end of the battle, Yu Shihui had already sent eight assault clusters by air transport, increasing Amman's mid-range team to 30,000. Because Amman was completely surrounded, strategic air transport decided everything. By the end of the battle, the Chinese Air Force had lost forty-eight large electric transport aircraft and seventy-seven tactical transport aircraft here, and hundreds of pilots and thousands of army officers and soldiers were killed during the transportation process.
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