He's a man of the earth, according to our chinese saying。
Duché, born in italy on 30 may 1869, is a military family that has served the queen savoy for generations. When he was little, he was gifted, wise and naughty, and, under the influence of his father, he was determined to succeed his family and to practice martial arts. As a result of hard studies and excellent performance, he was admitted to the turin school of military engineering; when he graduated in 1888, he was awarded the rank of lieutenant artillery, who was 19 years old. After that, duché joined the army university to study the strategic tactics of modern warfare and the logistics of war. After graduation, he was assigned to many positions in the army. In any case, he had nothing to do with the air force at this time。
From an early age, duché has suffered the fumigation of family military ideology and hard work in military schools; in his thinking, he has placed great emphasis on the combination of scientific and technological and military applications. During his service with the army general staff, he was appointed to study the mechanization of the italian army. At this point, dukh is keen to anticipate that the aircraft will play a significant military role in the future, and has since opened the path of his life in exploring air force theory. In 1912, he was an assistant to the first italian air battalion commander. During the last few months of the year, after extensive and detailed research, he submitted to the ministry of the army a number of studies on aviation personnel, commonly referred to as the “duche report”, in which he elaborated on the need for an air force and its organizational structure, the number of aircraft and personnel, etc. Almost all of the findings in the report were subsequently accepted by the ministry of the army and formed the basic framework for the construction of the italian air force. In may 1915, italy joined the first world war as chief of staff。
Ducha is a soldier, but he is a full-fledged scholar, intellectual pride and intransigence. Duhé has repeatedly proposed the formation of a fleet of 500 bombers to fight in order to bomb the rear of the austrian army in order to win, which was rejected by the highest military authorities. Duhé has also become increasingly critical of the military authorities. He subsequently decided to submit a written report to the highest authorities, strongly accusing the commander of the italian army of being incompetent and unprepared for the war, which prevented italy from winning. The report provoked the highest authorities. On 16 september 1916, he was removed from his post and brought before a military court. In october, the military court found dukh guilty of disclosing military intelligence and sentenced him to one year's imprisonment and a fine。
The brightest sparks of thought in the history of mankind have been created in the harshest environments. Deutsche was no exception, and in prison he did not lower his arrogant head and go to a passive life. He finally had time to reflect on his air strategy theory and used his time in prison to write to the government and the military authorities about his own proposals for the development of italian aviation. In june 1917, deutsche presented a clear and complete strategic bombing doctrine. He noted that the enemy's strong defence had dashed any hope of a breakthrough using the coalition army. He therefore argued that the best way to do so was to take control of the air and then destroy what was at stake to the enemy, including its sources of supply and the will of the people to resist; the enemy would surrender because its industrial potential had been destroyed. A few days before his release, he wrote a long letter to the italian cabinet recommending the formation of a unified coalition aviation unit to attack the enemy's territory. Since 2 august, the italian army has carried out dozens of successful air strikes on the austro-hungarian empire using the capuloni type bombers. Having been informed of the matter, duché wrote to capuloni immediately to express his congratulations。
In early 1920, he devoted all his energy to the study of the lessons learned from world war i and the creation of a strategic doctrine for the air force. In 1921, with the support of the italian army commander díaz and the ministry of land and navy, his first book, air power, was officially published, marking the creation of his air force strategic doctrine. At the heart of the duh theory is the air force's victory. He believed that the air force could attack the national and economic centres of the enemy once it had taken control of the air and win the war alone. His theory exaggerates the role of the air force, such as the idea that successive air strikes could rapidly disintegrate the hearts and aspirations of the people, the rejection of the idea of local air rights and the doctrine of air defence. But it was revolutionary and advanced, supported by certain western military actors, and had a great impact. In fascist germany's doctrine of “blitz war”, the doctrine and practice used by united states and british and other countries in the battle of bombarded aviationrs are reflected。
The main points of the air power are: 1. Airpower is a prerequisite for winning all wars. Duché said, “the right to air is the victory. With regard to the method of seizure of air power, duhé pointed out that it was an air offensive. With regard to the conditions for the seizure of air rights, duche stated: “the air rights cannot be seized except by a strong air force”. In order to ensure the effective seizure of air power, the air force should consist of bombers, fighter aircraft and a small number of reconnaissance aircraft, with offensive forces taking over the principal, that is, the air force is an offensive force and does not apply to defence, depending on its characteristics. 2. Independent aerial warfare is the main model of strategic action for future war, and air battlegrounds will be decisive. 3. The air force shall be the subject of the military force of the state. In addition, he suggested that civil aviation should be developed as a reserve for military aviation。
As the “father of the strategic air force”, duane was a sophisticated strategic thinker who, in the early twentieth century, had foreseen a change in the character of the future war and, after difficult exploration, had finally created a sophisticated system of strategic air force theory. Because of its bold and creative doctrine, the west has been hailed as an outstanding military thinker and pioneer in the study of the military academic of the air force。
Perhaps the future of space and interstellar warfare will be retrogressed by general deutsche to develop more advanced military doctrines for us? What do you think?
