Chapter 4074: Desert Operation

"Mr. Rick. We asked you to serve as military advisers because we wanted you to guide us on how to win the war. Not for you to teach us how to escape." A Western Sahara officer shouted.
"I know that as a soldier. It's a bit embarrassing to talk about running away. But since you believe me, let me finish talking." Lin Rui shook his head, "Sometimes fighting is a kind of courage. But Running away is also a kind of courage."
"Nonsense, we Western Saharans will never flee without a fight. Each of us Western Saharan soldiers is a brave man.
Even if the enemy's strength is above us, we will never be afraid. This is our country, this is our territory, and the people of Western Sahara will never give in for our country, even if they fight until the very last soldier. "The officer snapped.
"I'll tell you, what is a country." Lin Rui shook his head. "A country must have land, but at the same time it must have people living on the land to become a country. Land without people is just wasteland, forever Can't become a country.
If the Western Saharans really fought to the last soldier, it would really be subjugation. I know this topic is a bit too heavy, so let's say it another way..." Lin Rui took out the cigarette case from his pocket, took out a cigarette and handed it to the officer, "Do you smoke? "
The officer was a little angry at first, but finally suppressed his temper and took the cigarette from Lin Rui's hand.
As a result, as soon as he lit the cigarette, Lin Rui nodded to him, "This cigarette is not free. I want ten yuan, US dollars."
The People's Front of Western Sahara was already poor and dying. Even their senior officers didn't have much allowance. The officer almost shivered in fright and stared at Lin Rui, "Why don't you grab a cigarette for 10 dollars?! Are you blackmailing me?"
"Now there is a war and the supplies are tight. A cigarette gives you $10, which is not too expensive. If there is an extreme shortage of water in the desert, even if I sell a glass of water for 100 yuan, someone will buy it. You Are you right?" Lin Rui stretched out his hand.
Obviously, the officer felt a little shameful under the eyes of everyone, so he took out his wallet and handed it to Lin Rui.
Lin Rui did not answer, instead shook his head and said, "I changed my mind. Now I have to charge 100 yuan for one."
The officer couldn't help but yelled at him, and almost rolled up his sleeves and started fighting with Lin Rui.
Lin Rui smiled and said, "Have you seen it? This is courage. Sometimes it is a kind of face-saving practice to fight, but rejection is a kind of courage.
I joked with this gentleman before and charged him 10 yuan for a cigarette, and he barely accepted it. When I told him that one cost 100 yuan, he couldn't bear it.
The same is acceptance and rejection, and the same is dissatisfaction. The only difference is the size of the psychological bargaining chip.
Now that Morocco has deployed about two brigades, you will feel that the retreat is a bit shameless. But what if they dispatched ten brigades? Is your attitude of fighting to the end still so resolute?
You don't need to talk about face in war, but you have to talk about gains and losses. At present, the training of your new troops has not been completed, the strength comparison is already at a disadvantage, and the equipment and cooperative combat capabilities are even worse.
You should not fight a battle you know you will definitely lose. "
"But then we can't run away? Everyone is watching us. If we run away without a fight, what will the people think?
Those local armed organizations are bent on replacing us, if this time, we show any weaknesses. It is tantamount to hitting their plan.
The people in Western Sahara seem to be heroes who defend our homes and our country, and we are cowards who surrendered without a fight.
So who they should choose is almost clear at a glance. I am not opposed to retreating to preserve our strength, but this is an overdraft of the people's trust in us. "The Western Sahara officer shook his head.
"Yes." The other officer also said immediately.
Lin Rui smiled slightly, "I'm talking about retreat, I don't mean retreating forever."
The officers exchanged glances, one of them asked Lin Rui, "Mr. Rick, what do you mean?"
"The advantage of the enemy's mechanized units is that they are fast and efficient. They can advance at high speeds in vast desert areas. But there is also a fatal flaw, that is, logistical supplies.
A large number of vehicles and armor need to consume a lot of fuel. Without oil, it is just a pile of scrap iron. This forces the enemy to establish fuel supply points at appropriate locations.
If we retreat in time, it will lengthen their fuel supply line. Desert combat is a special environment combat style. With certain advantages, desert operations also face many challenges.
The main characteristics of the desert are: scarce water sources, sparse vegetation, large temperature difference between day and night, monotonous terrain, and easy to lose direction. These characteristics of the desert pose a huge challenge to the military's combat operations. Actuary, tell them about the characteristics of this desert operation. "
Jiang An nodded, "Desert war has its own rules of war. The space there is extremely vast, the desolate rocks and sand are unusual, and they have unique requirements for the people, equipment, and tactics involved in combat.
First of all, the climate is very difficult to adapt. The daytime is extremely hot, the night is severely cold, the midsummer can reach about 60 degrees at noon, but it will drop to about 0 degrees at night, and the summer is quite long, and other seasons are very short and will be long-term. There was a sudden torrential rain in the drought.
Most people in this terrain are prone to dehydration, heatstroke, dysentery, and skin diseases. They also have eye problems due to sand and dust. Even if they wear goggles, small sand particles will enter it.
In addition, the flying sand will greatly reduce the life and function of weapons and communication equipment, or even directly malfunction. The sandstorm is even more terrifying, with the characteristics of radio waves obstructing it, which will paralyze the military's communication functions.
In terms of tactics, there are no shelters on the desert battlefield, and it is easy to find distant enemies and immediately enter the battle. At this time, the range will become an extremely important key. It is difficult for infantry to exert their strength, and tanks have become the main force in desert battles.
Moreover, due to the lack of natural shelters, desert warfare also requires a large number of mines and artificial obstacles to deploy. At the same time, due to the lack of landmarks to confirm the direction, the movement of troops is very easy to deviate from the predetermined location, often relying on various methods of inferring the course in the ocean to confirm the position.
Supply is very important in desert warfare, especially water, so it is likely that the battle for an oasis will determine the outcome of the battle. In order to traverse the vast desert, the tank's fuel supply is also very important. The nature of its few supply depots is similar to that of naval battles. Often, if only one supply depot is occupied, the whole army must retreat by a large margin.
At the same time, because supplies are not easy to maintain, the action of snatching enemy supplies is very important.
However, for us, the most severe of all conditions is the material gap with the Moroccans-the opponent enjoys a great advantage in this regard, and we can only make up for it with tactics.
This makes our army more important than the enemy's on the collection, acquisition, and analysis of various battlefield intelligence, and the importance of combat reconnaissance forces has therefore been greatly increased. "