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Chapter 1804 Defending the Territory and Opening Up the Territory

On March 25, Ghaiem, an important city in northwestern Iraq. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

At six o'clock in the morning, An Yi's special plane landed at the military airport in the south of the city. Half an hour later, An Yi's motorcade entered the city of Ghaim. Arabs, draped in brightly coloured cloaks, gather around vehicles in droves to sell eggs, oranges, dates and other delicious food to the dignified president of South China.

Due to the hot climate in the Arab region, most of the social and trading activities here are concentrated in the early morning and evening, and An Yi never imagined that the people here would be blocked by the people here. Shen Fengdao, Lin Yaodong, Tang Fen and others all raised their vigilance, and once they found out that the situation was wrong, they quickly covered An Yi's evacuation.

However, the Arabs apparently did not know where An Yi was sacred, and still tirelessly sold their stuff in a language they did not understand. An Yi turned his head to look around, only to see that the city was full of broken ruins and desolate.

After driving in the flow of people for a while, the convoy was stopped by the military police on duty: the intersection of Kadoga Street in the west of the city was blocked by a wrecked and overturned tank, and the sappers were carrying out directional blasting.

An Yi curiously picked up the binoculars and observed carefully, only to hear a loud noise, the "Matilda" II tank, which was obviously captured from the United Kingdom, seemed to be pulled by an invisible hand and fell heavily into the street garden next to it. Thanks to the clever use of explosives by the sappers, the tank happened to be blown up, and it was nestled in the garden, forming a unique cityscape.

The convoy continued on to Gomudan Avenue in the west of the city.

Five hundred meters further down the street is the border with Syria, so there are reinforced concrete batteries everywhere, but now all the batteries are in disarray, and many of the barrels protruding from the batteries have been badly deformed, apparently after extremely hard fighting.

On both sides of the avenue, there are burning vehicles everywhere, presenting a scene of chaos and destruction.

An Yi frowned, although he knew that the Japanese army entrenched in Syria had suddenly become emboldened after joining up with the German and Turkish forces, and had recently launched frequent provocative offensives on the border from Dahuk to Ghaim. However, he never thought that the other party would be so rampant and dare to cross the border to launch an offensive of such a scale, it seems that he still thought too much about it before, the villain was rampant as soon as he got his ambition, and *** people were thinking about retaking Iraq and Persia's oil fields all the time.

At this time, in the command room of the Front Army Headquarters located on the Euphrates River in the north, Ye Cheng, commander of the tank group, was convening the generals of the First Tank Army to hold a battle summary meeting.

Ye Cheng still didn't know that An Yi had personally come to inspect the border, and the news he got yesterday was that An Yi, Hu Jialin, and Huang Zhi held a meeting in Ahvaz, the capital of Huzestan, to discuss the issue of consolidating the defense and security within 500 kilometers of the coastline of the Persian Gulf, and it is expected that three Category B divisions will be airlifted from the country to settle in. At the same time, the issue of establishing a province in the surrounding areas of the Persian Gulf has also been officially put on the agenda, and the preliminary decision is to have a province in southern Iraq and the left bank of the Persian Gulf, and another province in Khuzestan and the right bank of the Persian Gulf. At that time, it will follow the domestic system and establish administrative regions at the provincial, city, and county levels, and set up special military management committees, set up townships and villages below the county level, and formally determine the administrative jurisdiction over these areas.

In response to the potential for national self-determination from the trip, An Yi has accelerated the migration of the newly reclaimed areas, and the transport planes returning from the Philippines, together with the more than 200 transport airships, have been crossing the Tibetan Plateau almost every day, sending people to the West Indies, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf, rapidly changing the proportion of the population.

At the end of the meeting, Ye Cheng made a concluding remarks: "You have worked so quickly to drive the invading Japanese army out of the city of Qaim, ensured the industrial and agricultural production in the irrigation area of western Iraq, and maintained peace and stability on the border. In this battle, we killed more than 6,700 Japanese soldiers and Lanyin officers and men, destroyed and captured more than 400 armored combat vehicles and more than 100 artillery pieces.

"However, now is not the time to rest, the so-called people do not offend me, I will not offend others, if people offend me, I will commit. We must take the initiative to cross the Iraqi border and uproot all the Japanese bases in the Abu Kemal, Sousse and Burheim areas! I ask you to once again do your utmost to publicize the great military might of our Anjia Army. ”

"Well, if a good person offends me, I will do it!"

An Yi was outside the low house, and when he heard Ye Cheng's imposing declaration of counterattack, he couldn't help but applaud, and then pushed open the door and walked into the room.

Hearing this familiar voice, the generals suddenly became commotion, and everyone in the war room of the headquarters stood upright, surprised to see An Yi walk in.

An Yi waved his hand affectionately to everyone, and the school suddenly woke up and responded warmly with thunderous applause.

An Yi walked in front of Ye Cheng, Huang Hanqian, Peng Wanjun, Deng Shaoqi, Chen Bannian, An Ruoyi, Xiao Zonghua and other generals, and every officer shook his head when An Yi walked in front of him, looked straight at him, and then followed his movements and moved. Next to the huge sand table on the side, more than a dozen staff officers also held their heads high and looked at An Yi with reverence.

An Yi stood still in front of the crowd and said emotionally:

"Thank you, my dearest brethren, for the sake of your country and your people, you have traveled thousands of miles to this dry and hot Middle East, and everyone has suffered enough. Here, I salute all of you! ”

After speaking, An Yi solemnly gave a standard military salute to everyone.

When the generals saw it, they immediately burst into tears, as if someone was under unified command, and they couldn't help but sing the military song "Loyal to the Country" of the An Jiajun:

"The wolf smoke rises, the rivers and mountains look north, the dragon flag rolls, the horse grows, and the sword aura is like frost...... How many siblings are loyal to their souls in other places, why not die to serve their families and country...... The horse's hooves go south, and the people look north...... I am willing to defend the territory and reopen the territory, and the dignified China will let the Quartet come to congratulate ......"

An Yi's eyes were also moist, he knew that the brothers did not complain about him, because everyone had a simple ideal - to defend the territory and open up the territory, and what he was doing now was not exactly the great cause of opening up the territory comparable to the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties? He said in a choked voice:

"I know what the brothers are doing. Now we don't know what it means for us to occupy this place, but I believe that in another 10 or 20 years, everyone will understand that if we suffer here today, our descendants will suffer less in the future, and history will remember your name. When the war is over, I will erect a Chinese monument at the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab River to record everyone's great achievements for future generations to recite through the ages! ”

There was a boil in the headquarters. Since the establishment of An Jiajun, An Yi, as the supreme decision-maker, has never made a mistake, and every soldier has blind confidence and admiration for An Yi. Hearing An Yi's words at this moment, his blood surged, and he felt that everything was worth it!

Ye Cheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go back and prepare!" Let's give the little *** a little bit of good-looking, otherwise they won't know that the pot is cast in iron! ”

When the division and regiment commanders left the headquarters, they all saluted An Yi respectfully, and then returned to their respective units to prepare for the battle, leaving only An Yi's adjutant Shen Fengdao, commander of the tank front Ye Cheng, chief of staff Huang Hanqian, commander of the First Tank Army, Lieutenant General Peng Wanjun, deputy commander of the army, Lieutenant General Deng Shaoqi, and chief of staff Major General Zhou Li.

Several people came to the big sand table and listened to Ye Cheng's explanation of the battle situation.

"The Japanese army originally had a total of ten divisions in the Persian Gulf, eight of which were Lanyin divisions, in addition to three brigades and five independent infantry brigades. The commander of the Indian Ocean Front, Senior General Kotaro Nakamura, was an old slippery man, and when we launched the war in the Persian Gulf, he suddenly withdrew his troops from Khuzestani, the west coast of the Persian Gulf, and southern Iraq, and then decisively led his troops south to Madagascar, and the rest of the troops withdrew to the Syrian-Iraqi border in the north.

"So far, there are two regular divisions of the Japanese army, four Lanyin divisions, and three independent infantry brigades stranded in Syria. The 30th Wing of the 2nd Division, the 9th Tank Brigade, the 6th Field Artillery Brigade, and the 10th and 11th Lanyin Divisions launched an attack on us this time.

"The Japanese army was fighting against the 26th Motorized Infantry Division of the German Army stationed in Raqqa. The motorized infantry division has a total of more than 16,000 people, equipped with a total of 143 tanks, 422 armored vehicles, tank destroyers, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 150 heavy howitzers, 150 self-propelled howitzers, 150 self-propelled assault guns, 75 self-propelled assault guns, etc.

"The troops of the Japanese army that invaded our country this time were basically wiped out, and it can be said that stealing chickens and rice is not a loss. However, in the Syrian border area, there is still a Japanese wing, a tank brigade and a field artillery brigade, and further north, in Mayadin and Bussela, there is also a separate infantry brigade. This time, we took the initiative to attack, which is to completely cut off its exposed fangs, so that it does not dare to make cheap mistakes easily! ”

An Yi was very satisfied and asked, "Is there enough food, ammunition and fuel?" Is there anything else I would like to add with my greetings? ”

Ye Cheng replied with a smile: "There is nothing lacking here, it's just that the temperature is too high!" The high-energy chocolates that were recently distributed to satisfy hunger during the war were almost melted in the hands and could not be preserved at all. ”

Seeing that An Yi was a little confused, he hurriedly explained:

"At the end of January, with the opening of factories in the West Indies and the completion of the Afghan Railway, strategic goods transported from Siberia and Central Asia can be transported through this railway all the way to the Karachi military port, and then by sea, to the port cities in the northern Persian Gulf, and by rail and inland waterway shipping to the front line. Although there are many desert terrains in Iraq, the Euphrates and Tigris rivers are well navigated, and Persia has an oil industry and a well-developed oil refining industry, so there is no problem with supply. ”

An Yi's heart was relieved, and he said with a smile: "When the railway is opened to traffic in the middle of the year, the combat materials can be delivered in time, and the situation will be better." Now the Minh Duong Provincial Railway and the Persian Gulf East Coast Railway are under construction, and when the whole line is opened to traffic in two years, the Persian Gulf will truly belong to us! ”

An Yi stayed in Gaim for two days, and only after the Austrian troops penetrated deep into Syria and successfully annihilated the Japanese army, did he leave with confidence. In the following 10 days, An Yi successively inspected the Syrian-Iraqi, Turkish-Iranian, Turkish-Iranian, and Soviet-Polish borders, personally visited the border posts to express his condolences to the officers and men, and ate and lived with the officers and men in the barracks.

On 9 April, after receiving feedback from the British side that Churchill had already taken a warship to the United States, An Yi took a special plane, diverted to Gibraltar, and transited through the Azores, arriving in Washington, the capital of the United States, on 10 April, to officially begin his state visit to the United States.

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