After taking off from Cairo and heading south, crossing the vast Arabian desert and following the Egyptian coast for some distance, the Führer's plane turned left at Cape Berenisei and began to fly towards the Arabian Peninsula. The altitude of the aircraft was maintained at 2,000 meters, and through the floating clouds at low altitude, it was clear that there was a huge fleet of transport ships on the sea, breaking through the waves of the Red Sea.

This is the supply convoy that departed from Suez last night, loaded with supplies from the Afrika Korps and some British reinforcements.

The four infantry battalions of the British vanguard, who had already captured the port of Jeddah by this time, were advancing along the road towards the holy city of Mecca, and they were blocked by a large number of tribal warriors on the way, these Arab warriors were not much behind the British landing force in terms of light weapons, and some of the tribal warriors were even armed with water-cooled Makqin machine guns.

Ironically, most of these weapons were British-made, which in turn caused a lot of casualties to the British army, and as a result, the British soldiers on the front line fought while cursing the idiot members of parliament and the British arms dealers.

The landed British troops were all light infantry units, and were themselves equipped with only a few trucks to transport baggage, while a light armored squadron assigned to them was equipped with only twenty-four tracked Bren machine gun vehicles. Although the Bren machine gun truck has some protection, the problem is that the cabin of this vehicle is open-topped, and the Saudi resistance forces occupy the high ground on the hills on both sides of the road, and can easily shoot the driver and machine gun shooter in the car from a high position.

The British finally had the advantage in heavy firepower, carrying four 25-pounder guns and twelve 18-pounder guns, and each company platoon was armed with varying numbers of 2-inch and 3-inch mortars. As mentioned earlier, the nomadic tribes lacked artillery, and at the same time lacked ammunition for artillery, and although the warriors showed extraordinary bravery under the inspiration of religion, the so-called spiritual power of mankind was not worth anything in the face of the bombardment of modern infantry artillery.

The British landing force relied on firepower to clear the tribal positions one by one, but the British commander was very clear-headed, the advantage of this firepower was only temporary, and Arab tribal reinforcements were gathering in Mecca from all sides, and if the British army had problems with ammunition supply, this force was likely to be surrounded by tribal forces, and by that time the tragedy of the Battle of Isan Delwana in a Zulu War could be repeated outside Mecca.

However, the British command remained optimistic, the current combat situation is not the same as it was during the Zulu War, the Royal Navy has firmly controlled the port of Jeddah, and there will be no problems with the rear of the landing force. Moreover, the bomber units of the British and German air forces had already been stationed at the temporary air base outside the port of Yanbu at this time, and they would soon be able to provide air fire support for the British troops landing, so there was no need to worry about the danger of being surrounded by heavy enemy troops. However, the disparity in strength still needed to be taken seriously, and the British command transferred two more infantry battalions and a medium armored squadron from Suez into the battle sequence for the attack on the holy city of Mecca.

At present, in terms of intelligence collection on the peninsula battlefield, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is completely unilateral and transparent to the Anglo-German coalition forces, and Saudi Arabia has established several cable telegraph lines with the help of the British, and then bought some radios from the Americans, but they have no professional coders, and the code used is very simple, as a result, it took the Germans half a day to decipher the special code of the Saudi royal family, it can be said that every order issued from Riyadh, I am afraid that the receiver has not had time to decipher, It was already on General Quchel's desk.

"The outcome of this war can already be seen." Xu Jun stretched out his hand and passed the telegram that Qu Hillel had just sent to Weierle.

"Congratulations, my Führer, the Twenty-sixth Infantry Division captured Maitimaia last night, and the Thirty-first Infantry Division took Brenda this morning." "An armored company of the 21st Armored Regiment and a motorized infantry battalion of the British army have now seized the Huramira Pass, which is only seventy kilometers away from Riyadh in a straight line. ”

"The Legion's Radio Interception Brigade intercepted a telegram from Riyadh to the Archon of Dammam Harbor and ordered him to prepare a royal pleasure boat. It is clear that Ibn Saud has sensed that he has lost the war, and he has already thought about how to escape. Xu Jun handed another telegram to Werler.

Because the British garrison on the Arabian Peninsula was not relocated because of the advance of the plan, the British army and border police forces have closed all border crossings around Saudi Arabia and blocked the borders of these countries under the strict orders of the London cabinet. The coalition forces invaded Saudi Arabia from the direction of Transjordan, directly cutting off the passage between Saudi Arabia and Iraq and Kuwait, and the Emirate of Mascot and the Islamic State of Oman in the south are British protectorates, and Yemen at the other end is the sworn enemy of Saudi Arabia, and the Hejaz region in the west is under the attack of the British army.

"There is also a possibility that he will make a last-ditch effort near Riyadh." Wehrle said, propping his chin on.

"I would have liked him to do so, for Ibn Saud has no chance, and I now doubt that the nomadic tribes will still be willing to obey his orders. I'm afraid that there are already many tribal chiefs who are already preparing to replace them. Xu Jun sneered and knocked on the small table in front of him.

"Do they really dare to do this? My Führer, after all, Ibn Saud is now a Wahhabi imam. Wehrle said in surprise.

"Don't forget that these tribes were not Wahhabis before the Saudis returned to Riyadh. And for their history, the rise and fall of sects is a normal thing, and I really want to see if Ibn Saud still has the strength to start a "holy war". Xu Jun took the wine glass from Tysenhofen's hand, put it under his nose and sniffed it gently.

"What if he did issue a holy war order?" Wierle smiled and took his glass.

"Ibn Saud is sixty years old, no longer the high-spirited young sheikh he once was, he himself buried the Ikhwan movement, and the religious warriors who followed him enthusiastically are now old and cannot repeat the atmosphere of thirty years ago. The only thing that this king can mobilize now is probably the backbone of his tribe. Xu Jun smiled and raised his glass to Weierle, then raised his head and took a small sip of whiskey.

"This wine is good, remember to write down the brand, Wavell seems to have a good taste." The Führer said with satisfaction.

"This wine was given by Wavell?" Wehrle lowered his head and sniffed carefully.

"It's been checked after the bottle is opened, General Weirle." Tysenhofen reminded from the side.

"Are you worried that the British will poison the wine?" Xu Jun glanced at his chief of staff with his eyes.

"The English are indeed the best at poisoning wine, and they don't know how many nobles and kings have been poisoned in history. But attacking you will not do you the slightest benefit except to bring Great Britain to a complete end. I was just trying to tell the difference between Scotch whiskey and Irish whiskey. Weirle raised an eyebrow and replied solemnly.

"My Führer, we have reached our destination, please get ready, the plane will soon land." At this time, a flight attendant stepped forward to report.

"Already there? Time flies. The Führer placed his glass on the table and reached out to fasten the seat belt around his waist.

From the seat, you can feel that the plane is descending gently, Xu Jun opened the curtain and looked down, and a yellow-brown twisting coastline appeared in front of him, and he could clearly see the sharp reef groups and sharp capes inserted into the sea surface between the snow-white waves.

"This is Yanbu." Xu Jun turned back to Weierle and said.

"Dogen and Randolph should be waiting at the airport to meet you." Wehrle nodded.

"What's that call yet? That's right, Prince El Fasher. After reading these telegrams, I can't wait to meet him now. Xu Jun picked up the wine glass again, raised his head and drank it all.

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