Qi Kaiwei's mainland offensive operation was originally planned to start at the end of November, but due to weather factors, it was forced to postpone it until early December.

In late November, Eurasia suffered the largest snowstorm since global natural disasters.

The blizzard started from Russia's Far East in the east and Poland in Eastern Europe, covering the northern part of the Eurasian continent, starting from November 26 and continuing until December 2. During these seven days, the snowfall in some areas exceeded 500 mm. In some places, the snow depth exceeded one meter overnight. On November 29, the snowfall in Novosibirsk reached a historical record of 470 mm. In just one night, the city completely destroyed by the war was flooded with heavy snow. [..com]

The arrival of the blizzard is a sharp drop in cooling.

On November 26, the temperature in the Far East and Siberia of Russia dropped by 17 degrees Celsius, with the lowest temperature at night being minus 42 degrees Celsius. On November 29, a meteorological station located in the northern suburbs of Tula measured the lowest temperature since the temperature was recorded during global natural disasters: minus 84 degrees Celsius, while the lowest temperature in other areas affected by the blizzard that day was below minus 40 degrees Celsius.

What is this concept?

You should know that at this time, the average temperature in Russia was around minus 20 degrees Celsius, and even the lowest temperature was only minus 40 degrees Celsius.

The bad weather brings very serious problems.

At that time, the Chinese Army's cold-band winter combat uniforms were designed for temperatures of minus 40 degrees Celsius, and the extreme operating temperature was only minus 60 degrees Celsius. When the temperature was below minus 40 degrees Celsius, the warmth effect of the cold-band winter combat uniforms would be reduced, resulting in discomfort of officers and soldiers.

The result is that in the severe cold, officers and soldiers can only stay honestly in the room with higher temperatures.

In fact, even if the server problem is solved, most of the main combat equipment cannot be used normally at such low temperatures, because the design indicators of the ground station platform are above minus 40 degrees Celsius, and only a few polar types can operate normally in an environment of minus 80 degrees Celsius.

Obviously, it is impossible for the Chinese Army to equip all twenty armies with polar ground warfare platforms.

At that time, only the troops carrying out reconnaissance missions obtained polar ground warfare platforms, and other troops were equipped with ordinary ground warfare platforms.

This is not just a problem with ground war platforms.

Under the influence of a blizzard, the railway will definitely be suspended.

Although the use of storm gaps can allow transport aircraft to take off and land, the maximum operating temperature of large electric transport aircraft is only minus forty degrees Celsius.

In other words, no matter how low the temperature is, large electric transport aircraft will have to be grounded.

Relatively speaking, the situation of the Chinese military is still very good. Even if you cannot stay outdoors for a long time, you will have at least a warm and comfortable bedroom, and most activities can be carried out indoors. More importantly, the supply of electricity is not a problem, which can ensure the normal working of air conditioners and heating equipment.

Opposite the front, the situation of the US-Russian coalition forces is not so ideal.

Needless to say, the Russian army is not too fast to expand, and the rear production cannot keep up. About 80% of the Russian officers and soldiers did not receive winter combat clothing, but were wearing autumn combat clothing. They could only add a down jacket inside, and some even had cotton jackets.

What's even more terrible is that in such a harsh meteorological environment, the Russian army has to deal with the elusive Chinese scouts.

At that time, the reconnaissance troops that had obtained polar ground warfare platforms were not idle and had to be dispatched almost every day. Reconnaissance was only a secondary task, mainly harassing the US-Russian coalition forces.

The result was that the Russian officers stationed on the front line forced the soldiers to watch in the snow and ice with guns.

Many times, Russian soldiers who went to change duty in the early morning found that the post on duty at night had been frozen into popsicles. A large number of Russian officers and soldiers were frozen to death on the post.

On the coldest November 29th, the Russian army was not safe indoors.

At that time, the Russian army did not even have enough fuel to keep warm.

In order to cope with the severe cold, the Russian army began to burn everything that could be burned, including wooden boards for building barracks, felt laid on muddy roads, and even feces for livestock.

As a result, many Russian soldiers trapped in the room died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

This blizzard claimed at least 150,000 Russian officers and soldiers' lives.

In fact, the situation of the US military is not optimistic either.

Although thanks to its strong industrial production capacity and long-term preparation, the US military has issued two sets of winter combat uniforms to each officer and soldier, its design indicators are too low to be lower than the cold cold. Fortunately, the US military is deployed behind the front line and does not have to stand guard and hold guards in the wind and snow. The sentry near the camp is rotated every two hours, and the possibility of being frozen to death is not very high.

However, the US military also encountered a problem, namely insufficient power supply.

At that time, the US military had no small fusion power supply equipment, which mainly relied on fuel engines to supply power, or directly obtained electricity from Russia's state grid.

Obviously, this cannot meet the electricity needs of all heating equipment.

As a result, the US military began to use oil stoves to keep warm, and a large amount of valuable combat fuel was used up.

According to the US military's combat records, in this week, nearly 600,000 US officers and soldiers burned 1.2 million tons of fuel, and 600,000 tons of fuel were "lent" to the Russian army.

You know, it is not easy to transport 1.8 million tons of fuel to the Ural front.

Even so, after the blizzard, forty percent of the US military officers and soldiers were still infected with pneumonia, and the prevalence rate of the Russian army was even higher.

In fact, many officers and soldiers in the Chinese army also contracted pneumonia, but the proportion was much lower.

The main reason is that the Chinese military camps have complete heating equipment and ventilation equipment, and there is no need to raise fire indoors to keep warm, which can ensure fresh indoor air and reduce the probability of disease transmission. In addition, the Chinese military supplies are very sufficient, not only with enough rations, but also with enough medicines, and the sick officers and soldiers can receive timely assistance. At that time, in the front line, there were eighteen military doctors in every thousand officers and soldiers, and each camp had a fully equipped field hospital, and officers and soldiers with severe symptoms could be sent to a large comprehensive military hospital in the rear in a timely manner. There is no doubt that there were obviously no such good medical conditions in the US-Russian coalition.

I won’t say much about the Russian army. Among every thousand Russian soldiers, there are only six military doctors, and most of the military camps have no hospitals and only simple medical rooms. Many seriously ill patients cannot be sent back in time. In the words of some Russian officers and soldiers, if they suffer from pneumonia during the deployment period, praying to God is more useful than asking doctors for help.

The situation of the US military is slightly better. There are fourteen military doctors in a thousand people, and there are relatively complete medical conditions in the military camp. However, due to the climate, it is difficult to send seriously ill patients to the rear in time. Fortunately, the US military has reserved a large amount of drugs to control the patient's illness and then send them to the rear after the weather gets better.

In a sense, this blizzard is a test of the logistics support forces of both sides.

Of course, this blizzard also brought up a problem that many people had previously ignored: battlefield medical treatment.

Since then, the Chinese army began to improve the military medical system, greatly improving the status of battlefield medical care, and dispatching experienced military doctors to the front line. In the rear, China increased its training for military doctors, first recruiting volunteers with work experience from the people, and later a one-year military doctor training class was specially opened. During the entire war, China recruited a total of 540,000 military doctors, equivalent to one in every forty soldiers, and a thousand Chinese military doctors reached 25, which has always been the first among the armies of various countries.

The large number of military doctors and outstanding abilities have become the most caring "guardian" of Chinese soldiers.

Although there are no exact statistics, there are sufficient reasons to believe that a large part of the 12 million Chinese soldiers injured in the war survived because of timely assistance from military doctors, and became the main force in national reconstruction after the war.

In fact, the United States also attaches great importance to military doctors.

By the end of the war, the United States recruited 500,000 military doctors, and 22 Chinese military doctors, and the four American medical academies alone trained nearly 200,000 military doctors. However, in the case of strategic decline, the results of the efforts made by the US military were not as obvious as the Chinese army. Especially in terms of military medical equipment, battlefield rescue conditions, etc., the gap between the US military and the Chinese army is very obvious.

Of course, it is not only the Army, but also not mainly the Army.

The first thing to pay attention to field medical treatment was the Navy and Marine Corps. When the war broke out, the Chinese Navy organized a medical ship in each fleet. After the war broke out, eight large cruise ships were urgently requisitioned and converted into medical ships to serve the Marine Corps. By the end of the war, the Chinese Navy and Marine Corps had 48 medical ships, with a total of 36,000 beds, and could treat more than 50,000 officers and soldiers at the same time.

Interestingly, during the entire war, 62% of the prisoners of war were taken over by Chinese military medical ships.

The blizzard that swept across the Eurasian continent came and went quickly. By December 2, it had weakened. After waiting for a week, Qi Kaiwei could no longer wait. Although the weather was still relatively bad, and meteorological experts predicted that bad weather would come, after soliciting opinions from Wei Chenglong and the commanders of the front-line army, Qi Kaiwei finally decided to launch an attack on December 3.

It must be admitted that Qi Kaiwei is doing gambling.

Winter has arrived, and most meteorological experts believe that this will be the coldest winter in the northern hemisphere since global natural disasters.

You should know that within two hundred years before this, both troops that invaded Russia were defeated by the cold.

Back then, when the German army arrived in Moscow, they encountered a severe cold that was rare in a century when they were about to see victory, and eventually fell into the icy and snowy areas of Russia.

Will the Chinese military repeat the same mistakes?
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