Chapter 418: Friendship in the Ottoman Empire

The Xia Empire defeated the Saudi army, and the three major families of the peninsula began to migrate, and the Ottoman Empire got the news relatively early, which made them both happy and jealous. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Happily, a large number of indigenous people from the peninsula and the two river valleys immigrated to the territory of the Ottoman Empire, which not only brought a lot of wealth, but also made those who were desperate want to join the army to eat.

The jealousy is that the Ottoman Empire has ruled there for hundreds of years, and has been subject to the local indigenous families and chieftains, several major families are nominally subordinate, and sometimes rebel, and finally the family also declared an independent chieftaincy kingdom, which makes them very troubled; Now not long after the Xia Empire arrived there, the natives were subdued and fled one after another, which shows the strength of the Xia Empire.

Ibn Saud's slaughter frenzy won the unanimous support of the indigenous tribal chiefs who followed him, and his power quickly grew; However, the king of Kuwait and the prince of Muscat are deeply worried about this, if such a killing frenzy, how can they return to their homeland in the future?

So the two decided to leave with the troops after secret consultations.

The two had a relatively strong army, more than 12,000 people, and Ibn Saud did not dare to force them to stay, as infighting would seriously weaken their strength and be detrimental to their future development, so after thinking about it, he decided to part ways.

Ibn Saud led his troops and subordinates to the Sinai Peninsula, preparing to receive funding from the British, and then looking for an opportunity to fight back.

The British were overjoyed to learn that this was the first army to decide to follow the British, and that it was necessary to show British hospitality, send men to contact them, and speed up the construction of the refugee camp in Cairo, Egypt.

And the king of Kuwait and the prince of Muscat, leading the troops in the direction of Jerusalem, prepared to join the side of the Ottoman Empire; After all, their kingdom split from the Ottoman Empire, and they have always regarded the Ottoman Empire as a suzerain, and now they belong to the return, and they should be treated well.

After the Ottoman Governor in Jordan learned the news, he also contacted the king of Kuwait and the prince of the Muscat Kingdom, and at the same time sent people to report to the empire and ask for advice on how to deal with it, after all, the two kingdoms were split from the Ottoman Empire, and the concept of surrender is different from that of ordinary people.

Across the Red Sea from the port of Jeddah is Port Sudan, which is also the British sphere of influence, and it is very convenient to receive the power of the Hashemite family, and the British directly arrange for them to live in the Sultanate.

The Rashid family has not yet made a final decision, so that it has become the object of competition between Britain and the Ottoman Empire, although the British promised to pay a certain price, but the rivals of the Rashid family, the Saud family, have decided to annex the British, and the Rashid family finally refused to be drawn by the British, and the whole tribe is advancing in the direction of Syria Province, ready to annex the Ottoman Empire, which makes the Ottoman Empire very excited.

The Xia Imperial army successfully received the port of Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, Buraidah and other places, and sent troops to search for the tribes and natives who had not relocated, and then exterminated them.

The West Asia Theater Command required the garrison divisions to stabilize the territory they occupied, the forward to occupy the line from Ala-Serakhai to Tebuk as a temporary border, and the remaining troops to clear all the natives within the border; At the same time, the surveyors sent by the Imperial General Staff were surveying the border with the Ottoman Empire, and after the border line was determined, they would occupy all the territory in one go.

The Ottoman Empire, having lost a large amount of land, finally got what they wanted.

The Ottoman Navy has been trained by the Xia Empire to fully grasp the essentials, and the rest is to continue to operate it proficiently.

According to the agreement, they were ready to help the Ottoman Empire train the army and help establish a new army officer school and a naval officer school to train lieutenant and colonel officers specifically for the Ottoman Empire.

The army officer training regiment sent by the Xia Empire was led by Major General Staff Officer Tanaka Yun as the supreme commander, and the Navy was led by Major General Staff Officer Jia Baohai.

In addition to army officers, there are also a number of staff officers who can speak Turkish, who also work part-time as interpreters.

The cargo ships that returned ahead of schedule were loaded with a large number of new army equipment and food and other materials, which were urgently needed by the Ottoman Empire, and with these materials it would certainly greatly strengthen the overall strength of the Ottoman Empire, hoping to have an advantage in the battle for the Balkans and the war with Russia.

The Ottoman Empire has territorial disputes with Russia, Britain, France, Germany, etc., and they all want to occupy the territory of the Ottoman Empire, so the entire European countries have imposed a ban on the sale of weapons to the Ottoman Empire, even if they sell it to the Ottoman Empire, some old equipment, and now the Xia Empire even sells a lot of active equipment to them without reservation, which makes the military of the Ottoman Empire very happy.

The arrival of naval warships raised the patriotic enthusiasm of the Ottoman people, especially under the impetus of the Joint Committee, which made the propaganda more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and in the minds of the people, the resurgence of the Ottoman Empire was just around the corner.

The first batch of materials was first equipped with four divisions stationed in the capital, and the troop establishment was reorganized according to the requirements of the Xia Empire's military instructor corps; Each squad has 10 people, 4 squads per platoon, the company is equipped with a light machine gun squad, there are 4 light machine guns, the battalion is equipped with a heavy machine gun platoon, there are 4 heavy machine guns, the regiment is equipped with 75 mountain artillery battalions, there are 16 mountain guns, the division belongs to the 105 light howitzer battalion, there are 16 light howitzers, and a 4*4 establishment is adopted, each division has 4 infantry regiments, and each regiment has 4 infantry battalions, and so on.

The regimental headquarters is also directly subordinate to a reconnaissance company, a cavalry company, a baggage battalion, an engineer battalion, and so on, and has become a combat unit capable of fighting independently.

Although the Ottoman Empire felt that this configuration was too expensive, the four main divisions equipped in this way would be their trump card, and they were very relieved to be placed in the capital area; If such a division were to defend, the previous divisions would not necessarily be able to break through their defenses.

The officer training corps of the Xia Empire had very strict requirements for soldiers, and nearly one-third of the personnel of each division were eliminated and needed to be replenished from other units; Such a delicate selection made the Joint Committee feel a headache.

In order to allow the Ottoman soldiers to receive training in a stable manner, the officer training regiment of the Xia Empire first conducted a confrontation exercise with the two divisions that had been formed, each time at the company level, using the same equipment, acting as the defender and the attacker respectively.

When serving as the defender, he directly asked the Ottoman army to send 3 companies to attack, and the Xia Empire's army cooperated skillfully and commanded properly, and the 3 companies of the Ottoman Empire suffered more than half of the casualties and did not take the position defended by the Xia Empire's officer training regiment.

When the officer training regiment served as the attacking party, the troops attacked in a straggler formation, with three people as a group, and the groups also cooperated with each other and protected each other, shooting accurately, and the defenders were very embarrassed, and the last position was occupied by the training regiment, and the teaching regiment only paid the price of less than a quarter of the casualties.

The two military exercises allowed the officer training corps to gain the approval of the Ottoman military.

In order to convince the soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, the final individual soldier competition was carried out, which were target shooting, wrestling, bayonet fighting and other items; In each event, the Ottoman army selected the best players they thought were the best, and the officers of the officer corps were randomly appointed by the Ottoman army, and in the end, it was the officers of the officer corps who won by a wide margin.

Eventually, the officer training corps gained the respect of the Ottoman military, and the officers and men of the army began to learn with humility.

After receiving the report of the results of the competition, the Ottoman Empire Joint Committee felt that the Xia Empire had indeed sent an excellent teaching group, and they did not fool them, and the friendship of the Xia Empire was worth cherishing.