The results of the battle were reported to the division headquarters, and the two division commanders of the garrison army were very happy, which was a victory for the cooperation between the two divisions. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The high command expressed satisfaction with the results achieved by the two divisions, and asked them to record their exploits and reward them in a unified manner when the time came.

Zhang Liang asked: "Metropolitan Governor, is it up to the Command to send troops to annihilate the remaining Saudi troops?" ”

Qian Xiangyang said with a smile: "There is no need for this, the empire needs this whetstone to train the garrison, I hope this whetstone is hard enough and lasts long enough, otherwise they will have no value in existence." ”

Zhang Liang nodded, such a simple small battle made the garrison fight so lively, it seems that they are too lacking in actual combat experience, and they should exercise well.

Qian Xiangyang continued: "The understanding of these division commanders and chiefs of staff of the Imperial Garrison is still good, but they lack exercise, for example, after you reminded them, although they raised a lot of objections, they still implemented it immediately, and took a lot of safeguard measures, it seems that they still use their brains." ”

"What they lack is confidence, and after this fight, maybe it will be better; If so many machine guns and cannons can't defeat the native army, then there is no need for the garrison to exist. Zhang Liang said with emotion.

Lu Weimin and Zhang Wei were very satisfied with the fact that the garrison had annihilated tens of thousands of enemies in the first battle, and that such training was necessary, that the empire could not always use the Praetorian Guard and the Wehrmacht to fight, and if the garrison was not as good as the mercenaries, it would not be conducive to the stability of the empire in the future; Hopefully, they will mature on the battlefield.

The capture of 500 camels made the two division commanders even more happy, and immediately ordered the transport team of the 3rd camp to load the 500 camels with supplies and immediately rush to the 5th camp to support the cavalry troops who raided Riyadh; At the same time, the two divisions made a division of labor, with the Surabaya garrison being responsible for supporting Riyadh and the Bandung garrison being responsible for continuing to establish supply camps and carrying out heavy loads.

The cavalry troops who went to attack Riyadh were desperately marching in a hurry, ensuring that they marched a hundred miles a day, and every day they camped and rested only for a few hours at noon, and the temperature in the tent was as high as 40 degrees, hot like a steamer, and the temperature on the beach where the sun was shining directly outside, except for the soldiers on the alert, they didn't care about the heat, and fell asleep.

On the evening of the 12th, the sneak attack troops arrived at a place still 10 miles away from Riyadh, and the supreme commander who led the team ordered the troops to stop advancing, rest and recuperate, replenish their physical strength, and launch a total attack on Riyadh in the early morning of the 13th, striving for breakfast in Riyadh.

The commander who led the team was Shi Lei, the deputy commander of the Surabaya Garrison Division. His family is a big family in Surabaya City, has been running the shipping and shipbuilding industry, and has settled in Surabaya for more than 100 years, and the children of the family are well educated.

At 3 a.m. on the 13th, scouts were sent back to report on the investigation; The city of Riyadh is short, only about 3 meters high, and there are no defenders on the city walls, so it should be taken in one go.

The intelligence is very timely, Shi Lei, deputy division commander, immediately ordered people to rush to build ladders, there are many date palms growing on the plains of the Hanifa Valley outside Riyadh, which is very convenient, the carpenters of the team immediately started, and the soldiers helped cut down the date palms, and more than 10 simple wooden ladders were made in less than 1 hour, each ladder has a height of about 5 meters.

At 4 o'clock, the large army set off on time and marched to Riyadh; Each company had 3 ladders, each carried by 4 fighters.

At 5 o'clock, the troops arrived 2 miles outside the city of Riyadh, left horses, camels and other baggage, and sent 1 platoon of officers and soldiers to guard them; The remaining officers and soldiers are preparing to attack the city, of which 2 companies are the main attack, responsible for attacking the north gate, and the other 3 city gates each have 1 platoon as a feint, if there are no defenders, they will successfully occupy the city gate and block the natives who are trying to escape in the city, and 2 companies as reserves.

The troops quietly approached the city of Riyadh, which was very quiet, and the natives of the city were sleeping.

Deputy Division Commander Shi Lei was secretly proud, although the march was hard, but he did not encounter the local natives in the desert and did not expose the whereabouts of the army, so that they could have the opportunity to sneak attack Riyadh.

When they were 1 mile away from the city, the mortar artillery of the brigade began to build artillery positions in poor conditions, that is, digging several deep pits and putting mortars and shells into the deep pits to prevent counterattacks by the indigenous artillery.

At half past five, the troops completed the siege of the city of Riyadh.

According to the predetermined battle plan, each company started the battle at the north gate first, and the other three gates started to move again five minutes later, and the north gate first sent one platoon to climb the city wall, occupy the city gate, and let other officers and soldiers enter the city.

At 5:10, the north gate was opened, leaving a platoon to guard the gate, and all other officers and soldiers entered the city of Riyadh; The other three gates were also successfully occupied.

It seems that the natives are the natives, and there are no people who even defend the city, so if they are not raided by the Xia Empire, what should they do if other tribes come to sneak attack? has no sense of security at all, and deserves to be hit by the Xia Empire.

Shi Lei entered Riyadh City to understand why Riyadh City had no guards, and it turned out that there was a tall castle in the city.

Masmak Castle is located in the center of Riyadh City, is a square earthen walled city, each side is 150 meters long, about more than ten meters high, there are towers as high as 18 meters at the four corners, the castle has no windows, only lookouts, shooting holes, it seems impregnable; There is only one city gate in the whole castle to enter and exit, and the door is set of doors and corridors after entering the door, which is winding and twisting, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Shi Lei immediately ordered the officers and soldiers to surround the castle and bombarded the castle gates with two mortars.

It turned out that after Ibn Saud sent some of the family members away, the remaining family members and the families of the chieftains who fled here were placed in the castle, leaving only a small number of guards in the castle, so that the army to protect the family was not needed, and more troops could fight back against the attack of the Xia Empire.

Ibn Saud and the other sheikhs did not expect the Xia Empire to raid Riyadh, and the guards who stayed behind were only guarding against the local natives; Under the heavy bombardment of the Xia Empire, the city gate was quickly shattered.

Shi Lei ordered the Arabic staff officers to shout forward and tell them to surrender, otherwise they would be killed; If they surrender, they will be let out safely.

The people in the castle didn't dare to joke with their lives, since the army of the Xia Empire had arrived in Riyadh, the Saudi army must have failed, and looking at the dense army outside the castle, and the cannons that made them tremble just now, those guards suddenly lost the confidence to resist, and it would be good if they could leave safely, so they quickly raised the white flag and announced their surrender.

The garrison successfully occupied the city of Riyadh and asked the theater command for instructions on what to do with the natives in the city.

Qian Xiangyang's call back was very simple, leave all the property and let him leave.

The concept of the Theater Command is not to kill civilians, and if these people are released, the news of the Xia Empire's invasion of Riyadh will be promoted, so that the terrified natives will flee as soon as possible, and it is better to make the entire West Asian Peninsula a no-man's land.