In the General Headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army, Song Zhen pointed to the sand table in front of him and said with a stern face, "At present, the main force of our army has successfully captured Najaf, Diwaniyah and other places, and the living space of the British and American coalition forces is constantly being compressed. However, the pressure on the Southern Route Army became heavier and heavier, and under the fierce attack of the Anglo-American coalition forces, the various units of the Southern Route Army suffered heavy losses. ”

"Trapped Beast Fight!" Zhao Bin said coldly, "Order Shen Hongcai and Song Laohu, no matter what, to hold out for two more days, notify the attacking troops, and speed up the progress to eliminate the encircled British and American forces." ”

"Yes!" Song Zhen replied with a stern face.

On January 26, 1917, after seven days of painful struggle, the encircled British and American forces finally exhausted their last strength, and the remaining more than 300,000 British and American troops surrendered to the Chinese army in desperation. The 10-day Iraq campaign came to an end, in which the Western Expeditionary Army killed more than 400,000 British and American troops and captured more than 700,000 prisoners, and in less than 10 days of fighting, 1.2 million of the main force of the British and American coalition forces in the Middle East were annihilated.

"Immediately report the results of the battle to His Majesty the Emperor, and send another army group north to assist the Ottoman army in destroying the Anglo-American forces in northern Iraq." After Zhao Bin gave the order, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The battle lasted for ten days, until this moment Zhao Bin was finally able to relax and rest for a few days.

In the command hall of the Military Commission of the Chinese Empire, Ren Chao looked at the sand table in front of him, his spirit was a little sluggish, the Iraq campaign lasted for ten days, Ren Chao stayed in this command hall for ten days, although in these ten days Ren Chao also returned to the dormitory several times to rest, but almost every time he slept for a few hours at most and woke up, he returned to the command hall again after waking up, so as to be able to get the news of the front line at the first time.

"陛xià. Now that the overall situation has been decided, and the annihilation of the besieged Anglo-American forces is a foregone conclusion, there is no need for His Majesty to guard here every day! I also hope that Your Majesty will keep the dragon body and go back to the dormitory as soon as possible to rest! Yang Jichang couldn't help but persuade.

"If this result doesn't come out for a day, I will be restless for a day, even if I go back, how can I sleep well!" Ren Chao waved his hand and said, "War is urging people to grow old!" I think that when I was on the Korean battlefield, I personally led the Tiger Ben Army to fight the Japanese invaders for several days, and I was in good spirits, but now I have only been in this command hall for a few days. I'm feeling a little tired! It seems that it is not good to be unconvinced! ”

"Majesty is now in the prime of life, and it is still far from old age, only because Majesty has not worked so hard for a long time, so I will feel tired, and I can recover after a good day of rest with my majesty's physique." Yang Jichang said with a smile.

"You mean to say that I was pampered in the early stage, and my body is not as good as before!" Ren Chao said with a smile.

"Weichen doesn't dare!" Yang Jichang hurriedly said.

"What don't you dare! Actually, this is also true! Ren Chao sighed and said, "Since becoming the emperor, I have been in the palace most of the time, and I am indeed lacking exercise. Even if he occasionally goes out of the palace, he is hugging from front to back, not only with a large number of people protecting him, but also with cars. Trains, ships, etc., even the opportunity to ride a horse is almost gone, can the body be better without exercise? Do you know what my greatest wish is? ”

"Wechen doesn't know. I also hope that His Majesty xià will be clear! Yang Jichang asked respectfully.

"My greatest wish now is that when this war is over, I will take my wife and children with me. Go outside and take a good look around, enjoy the great rivers and mountains of my Chinese Empire, I am tired of playing at home, if I have the opportunity, I will go around abroad. It is said that the emperor's women are the happiest, but I feel that I owe them too much, so now my greatest wish is to be able to accompany them more in the future! Ren Chao said with a sigh.

"His Majesty has worked hard for state affairs all year round, and it has indeed worked hard. After the end of this war, there will be a long period of stability in the world situation. Your Majesty can take this opportunity to relax. Yang Jichang said with a smile.

"I hope so!" Ren Chao nodded and said.

At this moment, a major general's staff officer ran over with a telegram in his hand, "Your Majesty, the General Headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army has just sent a telegram that the encircled British and American forces have surrendered to our army, the Iraq campaign is over, and we have won!" ”

Ren Chao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, and a big stone in his heart finally landed on the ground.

Yang Jichang excitedly snatched the telegram, read it carefully, and said excitedly, "Your Majesty, the Iraq campaign ended victoriously, according to rough statistics, our army killed more than 400,000 British and American troops in this battle, captured more than 700,000 enemy troops, and the main force of the British and American coalition forces was successfully annihilated by our Western Expeditionary Army. ”

"Good~! That's great! Ren Chao said excitedly, "In this way, even if the war in the Middle East is over, I can rest assured." ”

"Yes! The Western Expeditionary Army achieved an unprecedented victory, so far the main force of the British and American coalition forces in the Middle East was successfully surrounded and annihilated by our army, and the remaining remnants of the defeated army could no longer threaten our army. Yang Jichang said excitedly.

"Hmmm! By the way, what about the casualties of our army? Ren Chao nodded and then asked.

According to rough statistics, the casualties of our army are about 200,000, of which nearly 100,000 soldiers were killed. The losses of the Southern Route Army were the heaviest, and the two armies of the 45th Army and the 46th Army were basically disabled! Yang said with a sigh.

"Hey~! There's no way around it. Ren Chao couldn't help but sigh and said, "War! Casualties are inevitable. ”

"What His Majesty said is very true!" Yang Jichang nodded and said, "At present, Zhao Bin has ordered to transfer some troops to the north to assist the Ottoman Empire in eliminating the remnants of the British and American forces in northern Iraq, and the main force of the Western Expeditionary Army will also launch an attack on the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula and Syria after resting." ”

"I ordered all the soldiers and horses supporting the Western Expeditionary Army, speed up the march, and rush to the front line to support the Western Expeditionary Army." Ren Chao said with a stern face.

"Wechen obeys!" Yang Jichang responded respectfully.

"The war in Iraq is finally over, and I can go back to sleep peacefully. In addition, the Cabinet was instructed to convene a meeting of the Imperial Council tomorrow afternoon to discuss the next battle plan. Ren Chao said with a stern face.

"Weichen Command!" Yang Jichang responded.

"That's it! It's nothing, I'll go back and rest first! After Ren Chao finished speaking, he strode out.

"Congratulations to His Majesty!" Yang Jichang and others responded respectfully. (To be continued......)

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