Chapter 893: Joint Command Headquarters

As the temporary commander-in-chief of the navy, land and air forces of the 11 countries of the League of Nations, Schlieffen had already formulated a series of attack and defense plans against the Chinese Empire, but the Ottoman Turkish Empire suddenly launched an attack on the Kuwait area occupied by the Chinese Empire without notifying the allies of the remaining 10 countries, which inevitably had some impact on the series of attack and defense plans formulated by Schlieffen before. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the Ottoman Empire had a very close relationship with Germany, and in addition to being allies of the League of Nations, they were also closer allies of the Central Powers, but the behavior of the Ottoman Turkish Empire still made Schlieffen, the chief of the General Staff of the German Army, very angry.

"What are you Turkey going to do, why did you not inform the joint command headquarters of the previous attack on the Kuwait area, do you Turkey know that the current stalemate in the Kuwait area will have a very big impact on the battle plan formulated by our joint command headquarters!" In front of the military representatives of various countries in the joint command headquarters, Schlieffen could not suppress his anger and said to the Minister of Defense of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Enver Pasha.

In fact, the Ottoman Turkish Empire's sudden attack on the Kuwait region was agreed by Enver Pasha, the Minister of Defense of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and Envel Pasha felt that it was just a small matter for the Ottoman Turkish Empire to use part of the forces of the navy, land and air force to recapture the Kuwait region.

Envel Pasha thought that it would be very easy for the Ottoman Turkish Empire to retake the Kuwait region, and did not expect the Ottoman Turkish Empire's attack on the Kuwait region to be so hard, the battle had already begun for 3 days, and now the Ottoman Turkish Empire's army units were still blocked near the border of the Kuwait region.

Envel Pasha smiled bitterly and said: "General Schlieffen, the troops attacking the Kuwait region are not among the Chinese troops transferred to Russia, so our Ottoman Turkish Empire did not notify the joint command headquarters of the attack on the Kuwait region in advance, and originally thought that it could easily conquer the entire Kuwait region, but I did not expect that the defenders of the Chinese Empire in the Kuwait region were very tenacious, which made a blitzkrieg become the current stalemate." ”

According to the operational plan of the Joint Command Headquarters, the Ottoman Turkish Empire will deploy 2 million army troops to attack on the front line of the Russian Ural Mountains, and the air force of the Ottoman Turkish Empire will also send 240 new fighters to temporary field airfields in Russia to support the fighting on the front line of the Ural Mountains.

The 11 countries of the League of Nations are planning to form two huge joint fleets to attack the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire and seize sea supremacy, but this plan is still being discussed, so the naval ships of the Ottoman Turkish Empire have not yet been transferred by the Joint Command Headquarters.

The military representative of Austria-Hungary at the Joint Command Headquarters, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of War Zoltan? At this time, Silai said: "Turkey's attack on the Kuwait region just wants to solve the stubborn disease around it before the big war, but I can't imagine that Kuwait, which does not have many garrisons, is a hard bone, now is not the time to hold accountable, let's study it, and then we will jointly command the battle plan of the headquarters!" Shouldn't the Kuwaiti region, in particular, also be deployed? ”

At this time, Russia's military representative at the Joint Command Headquarters, Russian War Minister Korrosky, said in a deep voice: "The offensive plan of the Chinese Imperial Army east of the Ural Mountains must not be changed because of an accident in the Kuwait region, and at present the armies of various countries are basically in place, according to our previous plan, in another seven days, that is, on July 20, the combined forces of our League of Nations will launch a full-scale attack on the defense line of the Chinese Empire east of the Ural Mountains, and this time cannot be changed." ”

The Joint Command Headquarters of the International Coalition believes that the east of the Ural Mountains is the main battlefield of the entire war, so it has also mobilized a large number of troops to the front line of the Ural Mountains, and Russia, as the host, has concentrated 18 fully equipped army groups on the front line of the Ural Mountains, more than 5.4 million army units, and nearly 800 new fighters of the Russian Air Force.

In addition to Russia, the other European countries in the League of Nations have already sent troops to the Ural Mountains, the French Army has 1.8 million troops into the Russian Ural Mountains, and the French Air Force has 860 new fighters into the Russian temporary field airfields near the Ural Mountains.

The British Army sent 500,000 regular troops and 820 new British Air Force fighters to attack the Chinese Empire's defenses east of the Ural Mountains.

The four Allied countries that joined the League of Nations, Belgium, the weakest of them, also sent 200,000 army troops and 300 new fighters to the front line of the Russian Ural Mountains.

In addition to the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which sent 2 million troops and 240 new fighters, Germany sent 1.7 million army troops and 700 new fighters, Austria-Hungary sent 1.3 million army troops and 500 new fighters, Italy sent 500,000 army troops and 500 new fighters, and Spain sent 300,000 army troops and 400 new fighters.

In this way, the coalition forces of the international alliance will invest more than 13.7 million army troops and more than 4,000 new fighters of various countries on the front line of the Ural Mountains, although there are some discrepancies compared to the international alliance's plan to invest more than 15 million army troops on the front line of the Ural Mountains, but do not forget that the countries of the Entente and the Central Powers still have a considerable number of army units in their hands, if they attack the defense line of the Chinese Empire east of the Ural Mountains, what problems will they encounter, The Entente and Allied countries could have continued to build up their forces on the Ural Mountains, which at that time would definitely be more than 15 million army units.

In order to better command operations east of the Ural Mountains, the Joint Command Headquarters of the League of Nations has set up its command post in the city of Ufa, which is close to the Ural Mountains.

Schlieffen, the interim commander-in-chief of the Navy, Army and Air Force of the International Alliance, nodded and said: "The offensive plan of the Chinese Imperial Army east of the Ural Mountains will definitely not change, and the current armies of all countries are about to be all in place, and the battlefield east of the Ural Mountains is the key to our war, and there is no reason for this attack plan to be changed, and the whole line of attack will still be launched according to the original time." ”

Russian War Minister Gorrosky breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Schlieffen say this, knowing that although the European countries had transported a large amount of war materials to Russia for the sake of this offensive plan, especially the grain was transported by wagons and wagons, Russia's logistical pressure was still very great, and the supply of combat troops was much more than usual, and the Russian Government was already a little overwhelmed by the food problem of the officers and men of the 18 groups of the Russian Army alone. And this was when the Russians withheld some of the food of the armies of other countries.

The Russians very much hope that the war will start as soon as possible on the front line of the Ural Mountains, and the Russian grain reserves have been depleted too quickly.

Italy's military representative at the Joint Command Headquarters, Italian Admiral Roberte, then asked Schlieffen: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, what about Kuwait?" ”

Schlieffen turned to Enverpasha, the Minister of Defense of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and asked, "Can Turkey settle the Chinese Imperial garrison in Kuwait before launching an offensive on the front line of the Ural Mountains?" ”

Enver Pasha hesitated for a moment and said: "Our Ottoman Turkish Empire did not expect that in the Kuwait region, the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire deployed so many advanced fighters and excellent pilots, originally this attack on the Kuwait region, our Ottoman Turkish Empire mobilized 32 divisions of army units and more than 100 new fighters, but on the morning of the war, our Air Force lost 46 fighters and lost air supremacy, so that the attack of the army units was because of the bombing of the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, Nothing was achieved either. ”

After a pause, Enver Pasha continued: "According to this situation, then our Ottoman Turkish Empire's Air Force sent 150 new fighters to the Kuwait battlefield, but unfortunately the air supremacy of the Kuwait battlefield is still controlled by the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire, and in the 3-day air battle, the loss of our Ottoman Turkish Air Force's new fighters has exceeded 180, and our Ottoman Turkish Air Force has a total of more than 600 new fighters, and 240 have been transferred to Russia, and now it has lost so much, There is really some inability to fight for air supremacy in Kuwait, and without air supremacy, it will be very difficult for our Ottoman Turkish Empire to drive out the Chinese imperial garrison in Kuwait in a short period of time. ”

British military representative at the Joint Command Headquarters, British War Secretary Henry Wiley frowned and said: "General Envel Pasha, if your Ottoman Turkey's attack on Kuwait cannot be completely victorious, then your Ottoman Turkey may encounter very big trouble, according to our intelligence, the Chinese Empire has sent a huge fleet to escort the 1 field army of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire to support the Kuwait area, and this is only the first batch of reinforcements from the Chinese Empire, There should also be some fighters and pilots supported by the Royal Air Force of the Chinese Empire! Now that the war in Kuwait has been ignited, and the Chinese Empire is likely to send a steady stream of land forces to Kuwait, then you Ottoman Turkey will not think about how to drive the Chinese Imperial Army out of Kuwait, but should worry about how to block the attack of the Chinese Imperial Army on the Ottoman Turkish Empire. ”

The Minister of Defense of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Envel Pasha, then sighed and said: "Therefore, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, I hope that the Joint Command Headquarters of the International Coalition can send some new fighters to the Kuwait battlefield, without air supremacy, not only will the land offensive be blocked, but our Ottoman Turkish Navy's original plan to eliminate the fleet of the Royal Navy of the Chinese Empire stationed in Kuwait will also have to be suspended, and once the troops of the Chinese Empire continue to enter Kuwait, Then there will be a very big threat to the Iraqi region and the Saudi Arabian region of our Ottoman Turkish Empire. ”

The military representatives of various countries at the joint command headquarters, at this time, many of them shook their heads helplessly, the Ottoman Turkish Empire is now stealing chickens and rice, you said that your Ottoman Turkish Empire does not have the diamond diamond, go to pick up some porcelain work, and burn yourself!

However, now that 11 countries have formed an international alliance against the Chinese Empire, and other countries cannot watch the Ottoman Turkish Empire finish, the temporary commander-in-chief of the Navy, Army and Air Force of the International Alliance, Schlieffen, immediately said: "Since the war has started in the Kuwait area, then our international alliance must try to wipe out the Chinese Imperial Army in Kuwait as much as possible, and the current Ottoman Turkish Army should be enough to attack the Kuwait region. In addition, this time the reinforcements of the Chinese Empire, our navy of the League of Nations should not be able to intercept it, but after the reinforcements sent by the Chinese Empire to Kuwait, the navy of our League of Nations must do something, so the matter of forming a joint naval fleet of the League of Nations also needs to be implemented as soon as possible. ”

The Minister of Defense of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Envel Pasha, immediately nodded and said: "As long as the air forces of various countries can obtain air supremacy in the Kuwait battlefield, our Ottoman Turkish Empire's army will definitely be able to occupy the entire Kuwait region as soon as possible, and our Ottoman Turkish Empire has added 36 divisions of land forces to the Kuwaiti border, which makes our army troops invested in the Kuwait battlefield exceed 1 million, even if one field army of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire arrives in Kuwait, Our Ottoman Turkish Empire still has a superiority of several times in terms of forces. ”

Following consultations, the rest of Europe agreed on the number of new fighters to support Kuwait, including 80 British Air Force, 100 French Air Force, 30 Belgian Air Force, 100 Luftwaffe, 50 Austro-Hungarian Air Force, 50 Italian Air Force, and 40 Spanish Air Force.

The main forces of the Russian Air Force have been transferred to the front line of the Ural Mountains, so no fighters were sent to the Kuwait battlefield this time, and the fighters sent by the Ottoman Turkish Air Force to Russia also remained on the front line of the Ural Mountains. (To be continued.) )