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Chapter 1774 Countermeasures

The town of Basht, on the border between Khuzestan and Fars provinces in southwestern Persia. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In a small two-story Islamic-style building, Yang Jiuxiao paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and his face was faintly anxious. Lieutenant General Ma Yuanjiang, political commissar of the front army, and Major General Wang Buyun, chief of staff, stood in front of the map, relatively silent, obviously helpless against the current situation.

To be honest, most people still can't believe their eyes, *** people are really generous, filling dozens of kilometers of trenches with oil, this kind of behavior is too loser, too difficult to understand. When this fire was burned, at least tens of millions of dollars worth of crude oil were gone, and its purpose was only to stop its troops for ten days to half a month.

At this time, Major General Xiao Ruofei, commander of the guard corps directly under the corps, walked into the room, followed by Colonel Wu Che, commander of the engineer brigade.

After Xiao Ruofei and Wu Che saluted Yang Jiuxiao, Xiao Ruofei said helplessly: "According to the situation at the scene, the flames jumped twenty or thirty meters high, and the scorching breath could be felt two hundred meters away. ”

Wu Che, an expert in civil engineering, made further additions:

"The enemy's trenches were forty or fifty meters wide and about twenty meters deep, and judging from the height of the flames, the oil imported was extremely abundant, and it was very difficult to extinguish the fire until it burned itself. Once oil is ignited, unless it is isolated from contact with the air, or a large amount of live water is introduced to dilute it, simply splashing water to extinguish the fire is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire. Our bulldozers and excavators all use high-horsepower diesel engines, once the outside temperature is too high, the engine will be damaged, and the locomotive will spontaneously combustion, resulting in the scrapping of the whole car, so we can only find another way! ”

Yang Jiuxiao frowned unhappily: "Could it be that we really want to be blocked by this wall of fire for ten days and half a month?" Since the formation of our corps, we have not fought such a battle, and it was blocked by a wall of fire. ”

Xiao Ruofei shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile: "According to the members of the special brigade who are proficient in Persian, they learned from the local mountain people that this area was a barren land in the past, and there was no road to connect with Huzestan at all. ”

"In that case, I think we can bypass the southern coast."

Wang Buyun suggested: "The reason why we didn't choose the coastline as the main direction of attack at the beginning is that there are swamps everywhere, which is not conducive to the passage of mechanized troops. For now, the only way to do this is to cut down as many trees as possible, tie them into wooden rafts, and throw them on the swamp for vehicles to pass. In this way, we can at least get into Khuzestan for more than a week. ”

"It's-"

Ma Yuanjiang hesitated for a moment and reminded: "But what Commander Hu and Chief of Staff Huang mean, if they really can't find a way to cross the wall of fire, let us take a break for a while, as the main force of the next stage of the operation, we can only get seven days to bypass the southern coast from here, which is not very meaningful to us, because it is at the cost of cutting down trees and destroying the ecological environment."

"In the south of Persia, due to the unique geological conditions, it is difficult for trees to grow, and now those mature trees play a decisive role in protecting the soil and ensuring that the soil is not lost, and it is difficult to restore once it is cut down! From the perspective of long-term benefits, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Ma Yuanjiang's words quickly silenced the room.

Yang Jiuxiao took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket with some annoyance, threw one to each of the several cigarettes, lit one for himself, took a sharp puff, coughed a few times, paced to the window, pushed open the window, and looked at the sky to the west. Although it is more than thirty kilometers away from the front line, the dense black smoke is clearly visible, and the safety can imagine how big the fire is in front of you!

Wu Che took a few puffs of cigarette and suddenly said: "Commander, political commissar, commanders, maybe we can use our brains on the Zohere River!" The Zohre River, which originates in the Erkh Mountains, turns to the mountains east of Gachisaran, the center of oil, and winds southward into the Persian Gulf. According to the hydrological situation, the river actually flowed all the way west, passing through Gachisalam, Hendi Kan and other places, and flowing into the Persian Gulf from the eastern part of Musabal Bay.

"This wall of fire built by the enemy runs north and south of the oil center of Gachisalam, and if we return the Zokhre to its old course by blasting, the oil between those ravines will be diluted by the river and then rushed downstream to the Persian Gulf. When the oil is diluted to a certain extent, it can easily be extinguished, and we can easily dissolve the enemy's wall of fire defenses! ”

Yang Jiuxiao was interested when he heard this, and hurriedly walked to the map to check it carefully, and then asked, "Is it the river in the southwest of our town?" ”

"Yes!"

Wu Che pointed to a high mountain on the west side of the river on the map: "It must have been a high-intensity earthquake that caused this valley to merge, and after the river water accumulated to a certain height, it turned southward, and the river channel washed out of the mountain rushed out of the valley and rushed out of the riverbed on the plain to the south, and joined the Persian Gulf." If we had blasted that canyon, the water of the river hanging over the mountains would have been enough to dilute all the oil in that trench. ”

Ma Yuanjiang, Wang Buyun and Xiao Ruofei all came to the map, and Xiao Ruofei asked with some surprise: "Why don't I know about these situations?" There is no news for the special brigade to report on."

Wu Che scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "I saw traces of the riverbed in the area east of Gachisaran, and I was puzzled, so I asked some locals to inquire carefully, and only then did I find out that it was the old channel of the Zohre River. However, I haven't had time to go to the canyon to investigate on the spot, so I don't dare to say anything, but seeing that the commander and the political commissar are so distressed, let's just mention it, whether it will be successful or not! ”

Ma Yuanjiang looked at the map and nodded:

"If the Zohre River can be returned to its original course, this river going westward will form a 'ten' with the enemy's wall of fire, and as the river water continues to pour into the trenches, it will definitely greatly weaken the power of the wall of fire, and I think it is worth trying."

"Jingle bell—"

The telephone rang, and Wang Buchan, who was about to express his opinion, walked over quickly, picked up the phone, and said a few words briefly, with a happy look on his face. After putting down the phone, Wang Buyun said to Yang Jiuxiao:

"A tropical wind signal from the southern Indian Ocean made landfall on the coast off Karachi at around 11 a.m. and is expected to affect southwestern Persia tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, when there will be a heavy rainfall process! If Brigade Commander Wu's plan can succeed, coupled with this heavy rain, the enemy's defense line will be easily broken! ”

Yang Jiuxiao immediately decided: "In this case, without further ado, Brigade Commander Wu, you immediately take someone to the field to investigate, if there is any hope of success, immediately organize construction, and strive to blast the mountain before the rainstorm comes, so as to promote the return of the Zohere River to its old course." ”

"Yes!"

Wu Che solemnly saluted several chiefs and turned to leave.

Yang Jiuxiao picked up the military hat from the table, patted it and put it on, and said, "Let's go, let's go and have a look."

Under the cover of the tropical storm, the Karachi military port was only five or six meters away, and the heavy clouds were like a pot lid, covering the sky tightly, and the rain was like a torrent that burst the embankment, constantly pouring down to the sea.

The violent wind set off huge waves more than ten meters high, and the battleships kept rising and falling with the huge waves, and the situation was extremely thrilling.

The huge waves, from time to time, crashed into the deck of the battleship, making a deafening sound, and the broken droplets of water hit the bare skin of a naval officer and soldier wearing a raincoat on the deck, and it was faintly painful, if they had not all clung to the wind, many people would have been thrown into the sea by such a violent jolt.

This wave of tropical wind balloon is ferocious, originally the wind and waves in the military port should not be so violent, but as the sea water in the Arabian Sea continues to hit the south to protect the military port of Menora Island and the Cliff Peninsula, the entrance of the bay, the formation of the Qiantang River tide like a violent torrent, this torrent is not very obvious at the beginning, but with the increasing external pressure, finally led the water surface in the bay to form wave after wave of monstrous waves.

Almost all the ships were floating and sinking in the stormy seas.

A big wave struck, the battleship shook, and the sailors who were busy on the deck swayed from side to side, staggering and falling, and were embarrassed.

The life on the ship is indeed not something that ordinary people can bear, let alone encounter such a ferocious tropical wind ball, even when there is no wind, the waves on the sea are like hills, one after another, in the waves of the ship, up and down, swaying from side to side, even if it is not on the deck, but in the narrow cabin, with the roar of the machine and the increase in temperature, most people will also have severe symptoms of seasickness.

Today's tropical storm is coming, although the ship is stranded in the harbor, but such a mighty wind and waves, is still unprecedented, there are bursts of vomiting sound everywhere in the cabin, although many of these sailors have nearly a year of service experience, adapted to life at sea, but the normal physiological condition, can not be changed by habit, seasickness and vomiting are still unavoidable.

In the wind and rain, the "Taishan" aircraft carrier, with a standard displacement of up to 20,000 tons, was originally considered a behemoth, but at this moment, it is like a flat boat in the wind and waves, fighting on the cusp of the storm!

In the command cabin of the "Taishan", the captain of the ship, Rear Admiral Lin Shen, firmly grasped the iron railing in front of him with both hands, calmly gave the order, and after receiving the report to know that the carrier-based aircraft on the hangar and deck had been fastened and locked safely, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to the French first officer Colonel Vieira, who was standing beside him:

"Colonel, you go down to the cabin to check on the situation of those soldiers, especially the naval aviation, they have been training on land for a long time, and it is estimated that it is the first time that they have suffered so much. Each of them is one of the best elites in a hundred, and we can't make any mistakes on our ships. ”

The "Taishan" aircraft carrier is the former French "Xiafei" aircraft carrier, it is 236 meters long, 35 meters wide, 66 meters deep, the main engine power is 120,000 horses, the high speed is 33 knots, it can cruise 7,000 nautical miles at a speed of 20 knots, it is equipped with eight 130 mm guns and eight 37 mm anti-aircraft guns and 28 132 mm machine guns, and it carries 70 officers and 1,180 sailors.

Of the 1,180 sailors, there were 120 enlisted men, as well as 200 officers and men of naval aviation. Soon after boarding the ship, he encountered such a big wind and waves, and Lin Shen's worries were obviously not superfluous.

The so-called sailors who are not seasick are just a joke, every sailor who is not seasick basically starts from seasickness, seasickness is the first lesson that sailors must take, only dizziness is used to it, and the number of seasickness will be gradually reduced.

It is precisely because of such hard work on the ships that the senior French officers of those fleets will sensibly choose to go ashore, otherwise, it will be very difficult for the South China side to really control these ships.

"Yes!"

Colonel Vieira, who was also holding the iron handrail with both hands, nodded, his body shook and he couldn't help it, he vomited for a while on the iron bucket on the side of the command cabin, felt better in his chest and abdomen, and hurriedly took out the kettle hanging on the bulkhead, and poured it into his stomach with "Rumble", and then held on to the iron railing, walked out of the command cabin, and went down to the cabin below to check the situation one by one.

Generally speaking, a seasick sailor usually spits up water and undigested food residues, and then begins to vomit gastric juices and bile. If you don't hydrate in time, you will vomit blood until your body spasms and you fall into a coma due to dehydration.

At this time, in most of the ships inhabited by soldiers and naval aviation, the foul air filled the entire space, and the original vigorous soldiers and aviation in the cabin were already sallow and vomiting. Before Colonel Vieira arrived, the officers and veteran sailors had stuffed kettles filled with fresh water into the hands of the soldiers and aviation officers, allowing them to drink water to relieve the symptoms of seasickness.

After Colonel Vieira finished the inspection, he reported the situation to the command cabin through a closed-circuit telephone, and Lin Shen was slightly relieved after hearing the report, and then continued to send people to observe the situation of the carrier-based aircraft.

Aircraft carriers are different from ordinary warships, and under bad weather conditions, fighters cannot rise into the air to fight, so aircraft carriers generally do not train at this time, and if they encounter the enemy in actual combat, they can only find ways to slip away, or rely on other warships to protect themselves.

However, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers escorting aircraft carriers must always be ready for battle, no matter how bad the situation may be, and most warships today do similar training.

The light cruiser "Li Jing" assigned to the aircraft carrier formation, formerly known as the French Navy "Ebertin", has a full load displacement of 8,480 tons, a length of 177 meters, a width of 16 meters, a draft of 66 meters, two steam turbines, 6 heavy oil boilers, 4 shaft propulsion, 102,000 horsepower, a speed of 34 knots, a heavy oil carrying capacity of 1,360 tons, a cruising capacity of 15 knots, and a crew of 700 people.

The light cruiser "Li Jing" is one of the first French ships to be electronically transformed, and it is equipped with a sea-to-air radar, an integrated electronic support system, a buoy-type antenna, an anti-aircraft illumination radar, and a quadruple-mounted semi-active sea-to-air missile launch turret with a range of 10 km.

In order to escort the aircraft carrier well, it is also equipped with active sonar, passive sonar, towed sonar and other sonar systems to monitor ghosts under sea level - the ship's sonar system. At the same time, the firepower system of the battleship has also been transformed, and all the artillery fire is controlled by multiple tactical, fire control, voiceprint analysis and processing and navigation computers composed of 8-bit integrated circuits, and the degree of automation has been very high.

Rear Admiral Li Junxin, the captain of the ship, whose ancestral home is Huangshan, Anhui Province, was also concerned about the situation of the battleship's troops, and after receiving a happy report from more than 80 soldiers, he still decided to conduct actual combat training: "The battle signal is now issued!" The first officer, the second officer and various professional and technical officers will test the preparation time! ”

"Woo-"

On the radio in the cabin and on the deck, the sirens sounded, and the sailors in the cabin were stunned for a moment, then stood up, quickly rushed out of the hatch, and ran to their respective posts through the passage between the cabins. The soldiers, who were vomiting, hurriedly filled their stomachs with water, stumbled behind the veterans, and could no longer care about their physical discomfort. For a while, in addition to the wind and rain on the ship, there was the sound of running.

Although these soldiers are battling the unprecedented state of dizziness in their lives, that doesn't mean they have to rest in bed. For a qualified sailor, a storm is not an excuse to stop training, but a signal to fight!

Perhaps only in the undulating swaying, people can really feel the power of the sea, the battleship waves back and forth, the wind on the deck is blowing strongly, almost unable to stand people, the ship from front to back, have pulled up the wind, people walking on the deck, must pull the wind, otherwise they will fall into the sea.

Private Gao Qingfeng, who was wearing a raincoat and had a pale face, walked on the deck in the wind and waves, pulling the wind with one hand, while struggling to rush to the turret he was responsible for.

The skin of his face was almost deformed by the strong wind, and he almost fell into the sea several times because his hand was not grasped steadily, Gao Qingfeng now has only one wish in his heart, that is, to rush to his post quickly, who knew that the chest and abdomen surged again, and as soon as his throat was loosened, a stream of water arrows spurted out of his throat and spit on the deck.

As a soldier, Gao Qingfeng's main task was to carry shells for artillery. As soon as he walked into the turret, Gao Qingfeng felt weak all over his body, and he stumbled and fell to the floor.

"You stand up for me! I don't want to lay soft eggs here, if you can't persevere, write me a discharge report tomorrow! The soaking wet artillery commander saw that his ammunition hand was so useless, and scolded sharply.

This is a key place for the growth of soldiers, and only by bravely persevering and successfully overcoming oneself can one become a real sailor.

Gao Qingfeng gritted his teeth and stood up, walked to the place where the ammunition was delivered, stretched out his hand and pressed the button!

"Jingle bell!"

After the No. 1 turret is ready, the No. 2 turret is ready, and the No. 3 turret is ready, and each battle position is ready, it will report to the command cabin one after another.

"Ka-"

After Rear Admiral Li Junxin, the captain of the "Li Jing," who was holding the railing with both hands, received the latter report that he was "ready," the French combat staff officer next to him pressed the stopwatch, and Li Junxin leaned over to take a look at the results, and a smile appeared on his face.

At this moment, it seems that the storm outside the cabin is not so much of an eyesore.

Li Junxin ordered: "Now disarm the combat readiness!" Tell the brethren that they have overtimed the scheduled time by thirty seconds! If it were on the battlefield, they were already in danger and had to be reviewed! ”

The French staff officer smiled slightly, knowing in his heart that under such a climate, this result was already very good. But all commanders are the same, refinement is their pursuit, so every training always uses harsh conditions to demand their soldiers, so that in the real battle, they can play their due strength.

"Dingding-ding-"

As the electric bell rang, the combat readiness order was officially lifted, and except for the sailors on duty, the rest of the sailors could go back to the cabin to rest.

Private Gao Qingfeng almost leaned against the wall to return to the cabin, he lay weakly on the bed, gasping for air.

At this moment, the previously fierce and vicious artillery commander brought warm water with salt grains with a smile, forced him to drink it, and then covered him with a quilt.

However, he didn't lie down for long, as the ship swayed back and forth, he couldn't control his body even on the bed, and his whole body kept shaking, and after a while, Gao Qingfeng felt that the noise was dry, his whole body was sweating like pulp, and the acid water on his throat was rising, and he turned over and spit into the iron bucket next to the bed.

The officers and men of the navy in Nanhua have slowly honed themselves and grown up in such a harsh environment.