Chapter 592: Persia

Although Wang Shizhen's Siberian Front was indeed unable to rush to Omsk for reinforcements in the shortest possible time, the Second Front, which had completely annihilated the Russian Sixteenth Army, could, and when hundreds of thousands of Chinese and Russian troops were fighting in Omsk, the Chinese Eighth Army had already moved north to Ayaguz, and then they would repeat the Ninth Army's march to reinforce as quickly as possible.

At the same time, the Russian Fifth Army, which had withdrawn from the European theater, had also reached Yekaterinburg, and this army group was closely followed by the Russian Sixth Army.

Also behind the Chinese Eighth Army, the Eleventh Army had already moved north from Tashkent, and the Tenth Army, which had already fought along the Trans-Caspian Railway to Turkmenbashi, had also boarded a train back to Tashkent to reinforce the north, and more than two million troops on both sides had all flocked to the small city of Omsk, ready for a real decisive battle here.

Just when the eyes of the whole world were drawn to Omsk, the final offensive of the Entente group began on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea.

"Si?" Emperor Yang, who was in the hot spring, said stunned.

"The Russian Eleventh Army landed in northern Persia and has now begun its offensive against Tehran." The chief attendant said respectfully, since the arrival of the divine dragon, it is obvious that Emperor Yang's level has really risen to the height of a god, and even the attitude of the people around him has undergone a qualitative change, even the chief attendant Yuan is no exception.

"What are you doing here?" The emperor said with some confusion under the soothing hand of the maid, but he soon understood: "Why did the British come to sue for peace a few days ago, and they were ready to take our army after a long time." ”

"What do you mean?" The chief attendant asked.

"Simple, take Tehran, then attack south along the Tehran railway to Basra, cut off our land access to Europe, and when our European corps is unable to continue the offensive, we will naturally accept their terms and truce." The emperor said with a sneer.

"What shall we do?" The chief attendant asked.

"What's the big deal if they can take Basra? If we don't take the Baghdad Railway, we can still take the Hejaz Railway. Besides, even if they can cut off the Hejaz Railway, it is nothing more than to continue to fight in Ottoman territory, if they are interested, we will accompany them to the end for another four years, anyway, it is not our land that will be destroyed. The emperor said very casually, and retracted into the spring to enjoy life.

He lived comfortably here, far away in Tehran's Muzaffar al-Din. Shadu was about to cry, but he was bent on beating the water dogs and picking up the cheap, and then he could establish the image of a generation of kings in front of his own people, so as to save his crumbling rule, and now it is better. Not only did the water dogs not succeed, but they also saw that there was about to be the disaster of the country, what is this called! The 200,000 Russian troops led by Brusilov scavenged countless merchant ships, passenger ships, and even river tankers transporting crude oil from the Baku oil fields from all inland waterways, such as the Volga River and the Ural River, set sail from Baku and suddenly forcibly landed at more than a dozen landing sites along the Caspian Sea coast in northern Persia.

Of course, it cannot be said that it was a forced landing, because the Persian army did not hold back at all. There is only one division on guard in this area, and it is still a motley card with little combat effectiveness and no will to fight, and when I look at the seemingly boundless Russian troop carriers on the sea, the Persian troops of this division have fled without firing a single shot.

This is not surprising. The internal political situation in Persia was chaotic, and although it had made a lot of money from oil over the years, it was basically all lost to Muzaffar-al-Din. Saina went to Europe to pick up girls, and this product is known in Europe for being stupid and having a lot of money. Originally, when there was no oil revenue in history, he even did not hesitate to sell his national interests in exchange for loans for him to run to Europe to be dashing, and now he has a steady stream of oil revenue. That's not to toss violently, even if you don't go to pick up girls, the money is mainly used to arm one of his most elite group armies, like other miscellaneous brands not only have poor equipment, but even military salaries are often not paid, and now these people will not give him their lives at this time.

And those who can give him their lives are piled up on the battlefield hundreds of kilometers away at this time, fighting side by side with the Ottoman army.

Besides, there is no one in Persia from the ministers to the common people who like this king, he was ousted from power in 1907 in the original history, and then died of illness, this time and space because there are Yang Feng and William behind the two backers, so no one dares to touch him, but both the minister and the common people, they all wish that he would let the Russians die and worry about it, so when Brusilov marched to Tehran after landing, not only did the Persian army stop him, but some Persians also took the initiative to lead him the way.

It is only a hundred kilometers from the landing point of the Russian army to Tehran, as the best general of the Russian army, Brusilov not only brought hundreds of cars this time, but also brought a chariot brigade, under the opening of more than 100 lynx chariots, a brigade of Russian infantry and a Cossack cavalry division took only half a day to arrive at the city of Tehran, at this time the unresponsive Muzaffardin had not left his palace, and was directly blocked in the city at once!

There is also one of his guards division in Tehran City, which can be regarded as an elite army, of course, this elite is only on the outside, after all, as a guard division, they have never been on the battlefield, but fortunately, since it is a guard division, there is naturally no problem with his loyalty, after the Russian soldiers came to the city, this guard division quickly began to arrange defenses, and those soldiers who have been enjoying high salaries also showed a strong will to fight, but unfortunately this qiē was all destroyed by fear after seeing the Russian chariots and heavy artillery.

The first to be crushed by fear was the king himself, Muzaffardin, who had been haunting the gentle country all his life, and his legs were weak when he saw the black hole outside the city.

"Why don't we contact us to surrender?" He cautiously asked the prime minister next to him.

"Your Majesty, this is not good, we haven't fought yet." The prime minister hesitated and said, in fact, His Excellency the Prime Minister also has this idea, and it would be too embarrassing to surrender without firing a shot, and besides, there are still tens of thousands of troops on his side.

"What's the use of resisting even if we insist on resisting? We only have less than 10,000 people, and the Russians are said to have hundreds of thousands, not to mention us, even if the First Army comes back, we will not be able to fight, since Tehran will fall sooner or later, then we don't want the city to be poisoned by the flames of war, alas, at that time the people were displaced, the city was reduced to ruins, how can I bear it! His Majesty the King said compassionately.

"Your Majesty, how can this work, our strength is enough to fight with the Russians, Tehran not only has enough fortifications in the city, but also hoards a large number of weapons and ammunition, and hundreds of thousands of people, as long as His Majesty pays a heavy reward to recruit soldiers, in the short term, you can arm tens of thousands of troops, and then fight street battles with the Russians to delay time, the Ottomans and Chinese will definitely not want to see the Russians occupy Tehran and then attack Basra south along the railway, it will not be long before they will come to reinforcements through the Guò railway." At this time, a Guards officer next to him said in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner.

"Major Reza, do you want to disobey His Majesty's will?" His Excellency the Prime Minister said with a sinking face, it is clear that under the current circumstances, His Excellency the Prime Minister does not want to be loyal to the country.

At this time, the other Guards officers also had to fight to the end, and some wanted to surrender to the Russians, Muzaffar-aldin himself was also entangled there, just when there was a lot of discussion, the Russian army outside the city had already set up the Chinese-made 155 mm heavy howitzers that had been towed, and after determining the coordinates, they immediately roared at the city of Tehran, and the latest shell even fell less than 100 meters away from Muzaffardin, looking at the soldiers flying up in the flames of the explosion, His Majesty the king did not hesitate to scream: " Surrender, surrender quickly! ”

Well, since His Majesty the King insisted on his will, the officers of the Guards had no choice but to shut up, although Major Reza and several other officers still showed unwillingness, but the general trend was powerless, and when the second round of Russian artillery shells hit the city of Tehran, the white flag was also picked out.

On the Russian artillery position in the distance, Admiral Brusilov wiped his eyes in disbelief, presumably with a feeling of unreality. It is no wonder that the war has been fought for five years, and the Russian army has never encountered such an opponent, and every victory does not always have to be achieved by bloody battles, even if the Romanians, who have the worst combat effectiveness of the Allies on the Eastern Front, such a situation is not possible.

Of course, such a good thing was something he could not ask for, and then the Russian army marched into Tehran in a big way, and as for Muzaffardin, after consulting Nicholas, the king, who was also very popular in Europe, was treated according to his status and placed under house arrest in the Persian royal palace. Immediately after that, Brusilov did not stop at all, loaded the Russian army into all the trains he could find, and began to fight day and night towards Basra, which was 500 kilometers away.

The speed of Persia's railway system is more than a little faster than that of Russia, because the railway built by China is not a coal-burning steam locomotive, but the latest diesel diesel locomotive made in China, Persia is short of coal and oil, naturally there will be no cheap use, 500 kilometers for this railway, basically it will not take a day, Brusilov is to rely on the speed of this railway, the fastest speed to raid Basra, before the Kuwaiti Chinese garrison and the Ottoman army react, Seize this railway bridgehead connecting the two continents of Asia and Europe.

At the same time, on the Transcaucasian battlefield, a whole four Russian army groups also began an offensive against the Austro-Polish coalition army. (To be continued......)