King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer-Chapter 1817 - 1497: The Battlefield
Joe Ga really didn't pay much attention to those in the lethal strike group; they aren't even on the same level as opponents.
At best, these people are just profit-driven businessmen, not even worth mentioning as opponents.
All of Joe Ga's attention was on the Russian war, because this is a war that will decide the direction of the world, and it's a test that Joe Ga cannot escape.
The movements and will of Russia will determine whether Joe Ga can withstand the pressure in Odessa and secure ample development space for P.B. and related territories.
The war was said to start on the 24th, but in reality, it had already begun on the 14th… 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
The first to act were the militias of the Eastern W, who launched a counterattack against the Yaz Battalion.
Then, with this background, the Russian military quickly completed deployments under the guise of exercises.
They completed mobilizations on the northern, southern, and eastern lines simultaneously, forming a C-shaped encirclement, with Kyiv surrounded in the middle.
On the northern line, the Russian Army deployed four major heavy troop clusters in the direction of Kyiv, approximately only 100 kilometers from Ukraine's capital, as the main direction of attack against Ukraine.
The Russian Army on this direction had 10 of its 13 most elite field armies, as well as an airborne group and a marine brigade.
The southern line focused mainly on targets along the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea coast, Crimea-Kherson, Odessa-Transnistrian left bank.
The main ground forces in this direction came from the Southern Military District and the Black Sea Fleet.
On the eastern line, the main target of Russian forces on the eastern attack line was the Donbas region of Ukraine…
The area was already under the control of pro-Russian armed forces - the Union of New Russia, and on the eastern line, Russian forces mainly consisted of the 8th Army Group and the 49th Army Group.
From any perspective, facing the 190,000 troops assembled by Russia, once the war starts, Ukraine has no chance!
On the 24th, President Putin announced a special military operation against Ukraine in the name of demilitarization and denazification…
Then the Russian northern line troops closest to Kyiv launched an attack immediately!
34 Mi-8 and Ka-52 helicopters carried 300 airborne soldiers in a surprise assault on Antonov Airport, successfully defeating the second line troops training there and occupied the airport.
However, Ukraine's response was swift. Just as the northern line's IL-76 transport aircraft, carrying more soldiers and equipment, took off, the Ukrainian Air Force's Su-24s and MiG-29s began bombing the airport…
The IL-76s, arriving from afar, had no choice but to return because the ground runway did not meet landing standards.
At this time, the 300 Russian airborne troops became isolated!
When Ukraine's 72nd Mechanized Brigade and 101st Defense Brigade launched an attack, the 300 Russian airborne troops could only retreat into the woods to barely save their lives.
The next day, the Russian armored group easily broke through Ivankiv, a northern city of Kyiv, from the Belarusian direction, and combined with the airborne forces that had escaped overnight…
Then they headed south again, driving away the 72nd Mechanized Brigade and 101st Defense Brigade of Ukraine, and reoccupied Antonov Airport.
Then something particularly absurd happened. When the IL-76s, loaded with a large number of equipment and soldiers, took off again, the Russian troops discovered that Antonov Airport had been bombed and could not be repaired quickly, so those planes flew back again.
Meanwhile, brave Russian special forces entered Kyiv to launch a decapitation operation against Zelens, but all those soldiers were killed.
On the third day, the indomitable Russia dropped a large number of airborne troops around Kyiv again, attempting to cut off Kyiv's supply line. This force even advanced to near Kyiv Zoo, but ultimately suffered annihilation due to being outnumbered…
Both sides of the war made misjudgments…
Ukraine thought that Russia wanted a local war centered around Eastern W, so they placed nearly 130,000 elite troops on the eastern line.
Who could have anticipated that Russia would launch a three-line offensive, with the attack on Kyiv being the fiercest, clearly intending to take Kyiv with minimal cost to end the dispute.
Russia's strategy even fooled NATO intelligence agencies, catching Ukraine off guard…
But they also made a misjudgment, which was not realizing how lousy their own troops were!
The airborne forces responsible for attacking Kyiv were the elite of the elite, but their air cover, ground advancement, and aviation support were all poorly executed.
Joe Ga watched the course of the war through the media. When the Russian airborne forces that advanced to near the zoo were encircled and annihilated, he felt an urge to crack open the head of the Russian commander to see what's inside…
Back in the Soviet Union days, they could take Kabul in a day, because the Soviet Union was at the peak of its power, and their opponent in Afghanistan was too weak.
Today's Russia has no awareness of how lousy they are. Even an outsider like Joe Ga could feel how hasty their attack was and how amateur the coordination between their units was…
There is almost a 100-kilometer distance between Belarus and Kyiv, full of swamps.
Although supply difficulties can be overcome, Russia's actions made Joe Ga feel that Russia probably never considered the supply issue for their armored group. They probably thought this blitzkrieg would win as long as they reached Kyiv.
The reality was that the armored group advanced from the Belarusian border with an unstoppable force, but after one contact, their ammunition was nearly depleted, forcing them to stop and stand guard, waiting for subsequent support.
When the armored cluster couldn't move, Russia actually insisted on having paratroopers attack Kyiv…
This kind of outrageous operation simply made Joe Ga's jaw drop!
The subsequent battles surrounding Kyiv began to unravel, with Russia eager to support its advance troops. Then, helicopters, planes, and fighters started falling one by one under the attack of 'Stinger'.
When Ukraine insisted on keeping the eastern troops stationary and redeployed forces from the western military district to Kyiv, the situation began to favor Ukraine.
There were various propagandas about the war externally, but Joe Ga had intelligence from the Pentagon Brotherhood, and by combining media reports, he could roughly discern the battlefield situation…
Joe Ga, though an outsider in commanding, could still see that Russia didn't capture Kyiv in the first wave, leading to a chaotic brawl around Kyiv's outer cities in his view, lacking any major power demeanor.
Those Ukrainian guerillas wielding 'Javelin' and 'Stinger' made Russia's armored troops and air force terribly vexed...
The great power of the permanent members, Russia, showed no sign of having any Plan B in its combat deployment, not even having properly arranged the supply lines…
The deployed fighter jets didn't even have precision-guided missiles. The pilots had to drop bombs at low altitude for accuracy, leading to many of the jets being shot down by 'Stinger'…
By the fifth day, Russia's advance troops, unable to attack, and unable to retreat, had no choice but to dig trenches north of Kyiv, adopting a defensive posture.
This was simply too ridiculous!
You're the attacker, ending up digging trenches at the enemy's doorstep; what are you planning?
The Aerospace Forces performed terribly, the ground troops' coordination was disastrous, and the army aviation got battered terribly…
Faced with this situation, Joe Ga even once doubted if his judgment was off…
Because compared to the northern line attack, Russia's performance on the eastern front was even worse…
Russia's large troops couldn't even enter Kharkiv, just 22 kilometers from their own border, getting stuck and constantly attacked, causing heavy losses.
Russia's modernization reform of armored troops halted immediately…
Because they discovered their technical abilities couldn't sustain the shift from division to brigade, nor could they compensate for the combat power loss after the reform.
Many units got muddy in Kharkiv but gained nothing, turning into a laughingstock.
But soon Joe Ga felt the power of the great permanent members…
Because compared to the attacks on the north and east lines, Russia's attack on the south line went smoothly…
On the first day of combat, Russia used maritime and air forces to launch missile attacks on Odessa, Kherson, and Mariupol…
On the third day, they controlled the North Crimea Canal and bombed a dam, allowing the Dnipro River waters to flow back to Crimea after 14 years.
As the troops smoothly captured Melitopol and Berdjansk, after intimidating Odessa, Russia began advancing east to meet with Donetsk militia, then aggressively besieged Mariupol…
Mariupol is the most important city controlled by Ukraine in Donetsk and the headquarters of the Azov Regiment.
There are not only nearly 10,000 soldiers from the Azov Regiment but also a large number of international mercenaries operating there, now they are all trapped.
For less than a week, after being thwarted simultaneously on the north line and east line, they finally acquired a cover-up while also holding a sensitive spot on NATO.
Because there are not only international mercenaries but also NATO special forces acting as tactical advisors there.
Joe Ga watched the live war broadcast for several days and really couldn't stand it anymore…
Just as he wanted to shift his focus to the deadly strike group, several rescue calls came in…
Old friend from the Triple Tian Peng, President Sebastian called Joe Ga…
"Hu Lang, save me…"
Joe Ga, fiddling with the hot pot with Dorian, paused, opened the phone's speaker beside him, while trying to light charcoal with a blowtorch, said: "Bro, you told me yesterday you were in Washington, what's up, did you sleep with some bigwig's wife?"
Sebastian said distressingly: "My people are trapped in Mariupol, now the fighting there is too fierce, Russia has cut off all channels, my men can't even receive supplies.
And the worst part is, Russia seems like it's going to massacre the city…"
"That's bullshit…"
Joe Ga said with disdain: "If Russia is really that ruthless, why not simply use tactical nuclear weapons to bomb there?
The result wouldn't be any different!"
Sebastian sighed: "The difference is still tremendous…"
