Although Jiang Bowen had known for a long time that the US-Russian coalition would retreat, he did not expect that the US-Russian coalition would begin to retreat so quickly.

You should know that on September 23, the US-Russian coalition forces in the encirclement had about 700,000 people, and the reserved combat materials were sufficient for more than three months. Seven US military divisions still maintained relatively complete combat effectiveness, and 32 of the 38 Russian military divisions were relatively complete. According to the later counting of the battlefield, at that time, the US-Russian coalition forces had at least 7,000 main battle tanks, 10,000 armored combat vehicles, more than 4,000 long-range artillery, thousands of rocket launchers, and nearly 200,000 transport vehicles. In other words, the US-Russian coalition forces still had sufficient combat capabilities.

In anyone's opinion, the US-Russian coalition should insist on fighting, rather than fleeing the battlefield with abandoned armor.[..com]

The result was that Jiang Bowen had no corresponding deployment for the retreat of the US-Russian coalition forces, or he had not had time to deploy.

In the next week, about 500,000 American and Russian soldiers broke out of the encirclement.

Because the railway was blocked and the main highways were cut off, the US-Russian coalition could only take relatively remote highways, and it had to abandon the main combat equipment weighing dozens of tons. You should know that most of the roads in mountainous areas of Iran were less than twenty tons, and some roads were less than ten tons.

At that time, except for taking away more than 100,000 transport vehicles, almost all the other main combat equipment remained on the battlefield.

There is only one purpose of the total retreat: to preserve more precious living power.

You should know that Russia has mobilized women to join the army on a large scale, and human resources are very valuable. Although the United States does not have the problem of lack of human resources for the time being, for the US military, preserving officers and soldiers is more important than preserving equipment, especially on the battlefield far away from the local area.

Of course, the US-Russian coalition did not leave the abandoned main combat equipment to the enemy, and destroyed all of them when retreating.

Later, the Iranian army spent a lot of effort to repair some US-Russian equipment that had not been completely scrapped, including 1,400 main battle tanks, 3,200 armored combat vehicles, 1,200 long-range artillery, 300 rocket launchers and more than 14,000 large heavy-load trucks. These equipment were used to arm ten Iranian divisions, and these Iranian troops subsequently participated in the battle against the US-Russian coalition forces.

It must be admitted that this total retreat has a strategic value that is difficult to underestimate.

Later, Marshall and Brushilov both believed that the "Iranian general retreat" was the Dunkel on land and a great victory for the Western Alliance group.

You should know that the 500,000 officers and soldiers who retreated all have rich combat experience.

What they lack is morale and fighting spirit.

After several months of rest, these soldiers were armed with equipment provided by the United States, and became veritable veterans the next time they entered the battlefield.

On any ground battlefield, 500,000 veterans are strategic forces that cannot be ignored.

In fact, this is the biggest regret of the Battle of Tehran. If the 500,000 US-Russian coalition forces are annihilated, it will not be a battle, but a battle.

Of course, the problem is more than that.

It was not until September 28 that Jiang Bowen completed the combat adjustment, allowing two land divisions near Tehran to rush to the north at full speed to cooperate with the Thirteenth Army to attack north.

On the last day of September, the Chinese army began to attack Gazwin.

This is the only strategic location guarded by the US military in the northwest direction of Tehran, and it is also a must-pass place to the northern region of Iran. It is also the only military stronghold in the direction of Tehran before the formation of a new front of the US-Russian coalition. Therefore, the ownership of the place will determine the situation on the entire battlefield.

To put it bluntly, if the US-Russian coalition forces lose Gazwin, all previous efforts will be in vain.

In the absence of building a new front, the only option for the US-Russian coalition is to continue to retreat. As the Sino-Iranian army gradually opened up the transportation line and solved the logistics supply problem, the Chinese army had enough ability to move forward, driving the US-Russian coalition out of Iran and even attacked the Caucasus.

It can be said that Gazwin's gains and losses are directly related to whether the Iranian war can end in 2053.

Unfortunately, at that time, the two land combat divisions were at the end of their strength. The logistics supply line was 1,400 kilometers long, and there were only less than 600 kilometers of railway transportation. The remaining 800 kilometers were roads. In order to support the two land combat divisions, Iran had mobilized almost 500,000 soldiers to transport combat materials.

It is not that the Iranian army has inefficient transportation, but that the damaged road traffic infrastructure has not been completely restored.

Obviously, this problem also plagued the Thirteenth Army. In fact, except for the strategic air transport on September 22, the logistics problems of the Thirteenth Army have never been resolved.

As a result, after five days of fierce battle, Jiang Bowen had to admit on October 5 that it was not something that could be done in a short while.

In fact, the Chinese army was a little close to capturing Ghazwin at that time.

According to the information disclosed after the war, on October 5, when Jiang Bowen withdrew the offensive troops, there were only less than 2,000 American troops guarding Gazwin, and only more than 5,000 left of the three Russian military advisors who arrived on October 2, and the US-Russian coalition was almost destroyed.

After the war, some people believed that if Jiang Bowen worked harder, he would be able to occupy Ghazwin on October 6.

This statement is not unreasonable, because when the Chinese army retreated, there were about 70,000 officers and soldiers on the two Marine Divisions and one army, and the total casualties of the three armies was less than 20,000. Even if there were combat supplies, it would definitely not be a problem to persevere for another day.

The problem is that, given the situation at that time, even Qi Kaiwei was not sure whether he could capture Ghazwin on October 6.

More importantly, it was not Jiang Bowen who decided to retreat first, but Qi Kaiwei, that is, the Sino-Iranian Legion had exceeded the mission goals set before the war, and there was no need to continue to consume the combat capabilities of the troops. The more important reason was that this battle lasted for twenty days, consumed more materials than pre-war estimates, which had a negative impact on Qi Kaiwei's strategic offensive preparations on the mainland battlefield.

You should know that at that time, almost one million tons of combat supplies that were supposed to be sent to Kazakhstan were sent to Iran via Pakistan's railway.

In addition to Qi Kaiwei's order, the casualties of the troops were also one of the main reasons why Jiang Bowen decided to retreat.

By October 5, the Thirteenth Army had more than 11,000 casualties, and about 2,000 were missing, accounting for 60% of the total casualties of the Chinese army in the entire battle. Don’t forget that by this time, Jiang Bowen also served as the commander of the Thirteenth Army.

At that time, outside the city of Ghazwan, nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers were killed and killed in the Thirteenth Army.

Jiang Bowen must be unable to bear the fact that his direct troops were fighting like this.

In addition to these military issues, there is another factor that many people have overlooked, that is, in politics, it is not the time to end the Iran war.

According to the information disclosed after the war, Huang Hanlin called Qi Kaiwei on October 1st to let him grasp the speed of progress on the Iranian battlefield. Although Huang Hanlin did not say it clearly, his meaning was very clear, that is, the Chinese army was advancing too fast on the Iranian battlefield.

Obviously, Qi Kaiwei couldn't not know what Huang Hanlin was worried about.

According to the situation at that time, if the Iranian War ended in 2053, two things would happen next: one was that Iran obeyed China's command and sent troops to the Caucasus region; the other was that Iran did not obey China's command and sent millions of troops to the Middle East to fight a jihad.

If it is the former, it would be better.

No matter how poor the Iranian army is, millions of troops are enough to wipe out the three Transcaucasian countries, and with the assistance of the Chinese army, they confront the US-Russian coalition forces in the mountains of the Caucasus.

If it is the latter, the problem will be serious.

You should know that the Arab army plays the lead role on the battlefield in the Middle East, and pan-Arabism has become popular. In the eyes of the Arabs, the Persians have nothing in common except for their belief in Islam. Therefore, the Persians are an obstacle to the Arab revival.

There is no doubt that millions of Iranian troops will definitely disrupt the war in the Middle East and turn the Middle East into a place of chaos.

Unfortunately, in September, the Iranian authorities did not express their intention, namely whether they would place their main force in the direction of the Caucasus after regaining their territory.

According to information provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Military Intelligence Agency, Iran has great ambitions and is likely to send troops to the Middle East.

In this way, Huang Hanlin had to keep it. In his opinion, as long as Iran refused to obey the command for one day, he would not be able to let Iran live in peace for one day.

Keeping the US-Russian coalition forces in Iran is obviously the easiest way to subdue Iran.

In fact, it was the political factor that ultimately caused the Chinese army to miss the great opportunity to capture Ghazwin.

It is also political factors that made the battlefield in Iran become tepid in the next two years and became a secondary ground battlefield.

Looking longer, it was the conflict between China and Iran that made the US-Russian coalition forces then sent the withdrawn 500,000 troops to the mainland battlefield, which became a major obstacle to the Chinese army's march into the heart of Russia, and eventually made Qi Kaiwei's mainland strategy vain.

After the war, some people believed that there was a second solution at that time, namely, subverting the Iranian regime.

Objectively speaking, this is indeed a solution. However, Huang Hanlin did not do this, nor did he allow intelligence agencies and the military to do this. Perhaps, he had some concerns. After all, Iran is an ally of China. When the prospect of the war is not clear, subverting the ally regime will seriously destroy China's image, have a negative impact on winning more allies in the future, and may even make China isolated.

In short, this significant battle changed the situation on the battlefield of Iran and had a profound impact on the entire war, at least on the ground war.
Chapter completed!