104: Russian Bear: Use nuclear weapons to fight speed with speed!

The sun rose.

The Kremlin.

The center of this global power was shaken by the results of the anti-exercise in the Siberian region!

"One hundred and fifty thousand armored steel torrents completely collapsed!"

"Andrei, the commander of the Central Assault Group, was captured!"

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After receiving the report from the General Staff of the Army, the Kremlin authorities found it hard to imagine such a battle report appearing in the Soviet Union!

Appearing in the world's number one military power!

To demonstrate military strength and deter the entire world, the Kremlin invited military observers from almost all major countries globally to participate in this exercise!

The Soviet Union's goal was to clear the gloom of the Afghan battlefield defeat and restore the prestige of the world's number one military power!

But now?

To describe it as the Soviet Union Army making a huge mess in front of all the countries in the world would be absolutely no exaggeration!

"Notify the General Staff of the Army that the victory of the anti-exercise must be achieved within three days!"

The Kremlin issued the order.

In the order, the Kremlin did not hold the Central Assault Group accountable for the failure of the operation, nor did it give the General Staff of the Army an opportunity to report on the next battle plan!

There was only one order: the victory of the anti-exercise must be achieved within three days!

Undoubtedly, this was an ultimatum issued by the Kremlin authorities to the General Staff of the Army!

They were already seriously dissatisfied with the General Staff of the Army's performance in the exercise!

...Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Air Base.

This was both the general command center for the Red-Blue anti-exercise and the general headquarters of the "Red" army!

After the Kremlin issued the order that the "Red-Blue Anti-Exercise" must be won within three days, an Il-76 strategic transport aircraft landed on the runway of Tolmachevo Air Base.

This Il-76 military special plane belonged to General Petrov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Army!

After receiving the Kremlin's order, he flew from Moscow immediately, preparing to personally command the "Red" army's combat in this exercise!

Getting off the special plane, General Petrov found General Pavlovsky, the commander of the Far Eastern Military District and also the general commander of the "Red" army, greeting him in the wind and snow.

General Pavlovsky's face was pale, and his eyes flickered.

His fingers unconsciously rubbed the brim of his military cap, fine sweat seeped from his temples in the cold weather, and even his salute was slightly stiff, his heart filled with immense fear and under immense pressure.

However, due to the battle failure and the serious dissatisfaction of the Kremlin, General Petrov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, did not give him a good look.

He glared deeply at the other party and then directly entered the "Red" operational headquarters set up at Tolmachevo Air Base.

"What is the situation on the battlefield now?"

General Petrov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, stood in front of the sand table and map and immediately asked.

"Comrade Chief of the General Staff, Major General Andrei, commander of the Central Assault Group, was captured, the main tank armored forces were annihilated, the front line completely collapsed, and the remaining forces completely dispersed, currently unable to organize effective resistance!"

General Pavlovsky, the general commander of the "Red" forces, reported with trembling lips and a slightly trembling voice.

"What about the Northern Assault Group and the Southern Cover Group?"

General Petrov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, asked again.

He understood that now was not the time to assign blame; the most important thing was to win the anti-exercise and appease the Kremlin's anger.

"The original mission of the 100,000 troops of the Northern Assault Group was to advance along the Ob River-Yenisei River axis, aiming to capture Krasnoyarsk and cut off the 'Blue' army's retreat route to the south!"

"I have now issued an order for them to urgently support the retreating remnants of the Central Assault Group!"

"The Southern Cover Group, with 50,000 troops, primarily defends against threats from the Outer Mongolian direction, deploying air defense missile clusters and operational-tactical rocket brigades in Ulan-Ude!"

"Their goal is to prevent the Dragon Country's Fierce Warrior Light Combined Arms Brigade from bypassing and cutting off our logistics, as well as providing long-range missile fire support!"

General Pavlovsky, the general commander of the "Red" forces, reported.

"It's too late for the main armored tank forces of the Northern Assault Group to support the remnants of the Central Assault Group!"

"The Kremlin has only given us three days!"

"Issue an order for the remnants of the Central Assault Group to prepare for coordinate guidance, and the operational-tactical rocket brigade of the Southern Cover Group to directly carry out a nuclear strike!"

"Within half an hour of the nuclear explosion, the Northern Assault Group's elite airborne forces must enter the nuclear explosion zone to clear out the 'Blue Army' remnants!"

"Six hours, the Dragon Country's 'Blue Army' forces must be completely annihilated within six hours!"

"I am ready to report victory to the Kremlin at any time!"

General Petrov stared at the map and said unequivocally.

In the Soviet Union military, he had always been the most radical reformist.

For example, in the army, he had always promoted the establishment of an automated command system for the army, shortening the current cumbersome operational plan formulation from several hours to within 30 minutes.

In addition, he actively promoted the integration of the army's "steel torrent" and "nuclear weapons"!

For example, equipping every division-level unit in the army with nuclear artillery launchers and giving them the right to call for tactical and operational rocket support!

Thus forming an overall army "nuclear assault - armored breakthrough" tactic!

That is, before the attack begins, tactical nuclear strikes must be used to open a breakthrough of more than 10 kilometers wide for the armored forces!

This way, T-80 tank clusters can pass through the blast center within 7 minutes after the nuclear explosion, rapidly advancing by utilizing the defensive vacuum created by radiation!

Even facing NATO's defenses, they could push to the English Channel in 8 days!

However, his various reform plans had always been rejected by the Ministry of Defense and the Kremlin!

Because the Kremlin had always believed that if the Soviet Union army used tactical nuclear weapons in the initial stages of a breakthrough, it would very likely escalate the war and trigger a full-scale nuclear war!

Therefore, although the Kremlin authorities appointed General Petrov as the Chief of the General Staff of the Army to lead the army's reform plans,

They had always been extremely cautious about his proposed nuclear weapon usage plan and had not approved it!

However, this "Red-Blue Anti-Exercise" gave General Petrov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, an opportunity to test his tactical strategy!

Dragon Country was not NATO, and there was no risk of escalation or triggering a full-scale nuclear war!

He wanted to annihilate the "Blue Army" within 6 hours to prove the correctness of his tactics and army reforms to the Kremlin!

The Soviet Union possessed over 30,000 nuclear warheads, and he always believed that if these massive nuclear arsenals were not used in conventional warfare, they would be meaningless!

The vast nuclear arsenal must be deployed for actual combat!

"The heavy combined arms brigade is advancing quickly, so we will fight fast with fast!"

"We are not manufacturing nuclear weapons, but demonstrating the limits of power to the world!"

General Petrov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, murmured to himself.