Chapter 596: Persistence is Victory

In the following three days, 200 bombers carried out a continuous bombardment of the Baghdad arsenal, but the Russian army did not kill much, but killed and injured more than 10,000 ordinary people in Baghdad, and some Ottomans who were dissatisfied with Hamid II took the opportunity to release the news that it was an order from Hamid II, which caused an uproar in the Ottoman country.

The Russian army led by Denikin took advantage of the bombardment to rush supplies out of the country for a moment, and finally transferred one-fifth of the arms out of Baghdad and sent them directly to Tabriz. At present, the main force of the Russian army is attacking Istanbul along the northern part of the Anatolian Plateau, and the forward has even approached Ankara.

As for Denikin himself, he was ready to be crucified in Baghdad, at this time Brusilov had already begun the attack on Basra, but after receiving reinforcements, guarding the munitions that were originally intended to be destroyed, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese defenders was extremely tenacious, and the ferocious firepower made the Russian army, which was almost exhausted after cutting through the whole of Persia, suffer heavy losses, according to the situation of the war, it is difficult to say whether Brusilov can still capture the city, and once the reinforcements from the Chinese mainland arrive, he will definitely retreat, That is, the task of cutting off transport routes to Europe can only fall on Denikin.

During this time, Denikin did nothing else and focused all his energy on improving the defenses of Baghdad.

Because he was stuck in Baghdad, the Chinese merchant ships transporting supplies to Europe had to switch to the Hejaz Railway, and the sudden influx of countless supplies overwhelmed the small port of Jeddah, and the main purpose of Hamid II to build this railway was to control the Arabs of the Hejaz and the holy Mecca, and the construction of the port of Jeddah was nothing more than to facilitate the making of money from the pilgrims, and the transportation capacity and the Baghdad Railway were not at all the same. In this way, although the supply to Europe will not be completely cut off, it will be impossible to do the same as before, and these limited supplies must be used to defend the Ottomans, supply the European Legion in China, and finally send them to the Germans. That can only be described as a drop in the bucket.

"Time, time is life, our allies are bleeding, and you tell me about such and such difficulties, can these difficulties be compared with the lives of the people of Germany, Austria-Hungary? If the train capacity is not enough, add the car, and if the car is not enough, add the airship airship. Gather all the airships in the country, whether military or civilian, and send them all to the Middle East, including my royal airship. All were sent to deliver food to Germany and Austria-Hungary, and they could still continue to produce ammunition, but food had to be supplied to them, and our allies must not starve to death. Emperor Yang, who had just returned to Beijing, rebuked Li Yuncong and others in front of the ambassadors of Germany and Austria.

Li Yuncong and the others hurriedly acted with him with a sincere and frightened expression, but the two Haijing next to them were deeply moved, the supply of materials was slightly insufficient, and they couldn't stand it anymore, and the weapons and ammunition were easy to say. It was nothing more than savings, and the main industrial areas of Germany were still in the hands of the German army, and the main arsenals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Skoda and Steyr, were not affected by the war. But food can't work, it's nonsense to talk about the honor and dignity of the country and the nation when you're hungry. In particular, the soldiers of the chaotic nationalities of Austria-Hungary were not very willing to work for the Habsburgs, and now they must not be starved, and the morale of the front line is getting lower and lower. Although there were not many cases of surrendering to the enemy, after all, these soldiers also understood that China would definitely win in the Allies, but the deserters became more and more serious. If this continues, something big will happen.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor of our country, feels that the key to forcing the Entente to accept our conditions at present is not in Europe." Haijing said with a smile on the side.

"Your Excellency, please tell me, in fact, I'm very annoyed with these damn guys now, why do they fight so stubbornly when they know they will fail, do they have to drag the whole world into the flames of war before they are willing? Why can't they make the choices they should make to restore peace to the world? Emperor Yang said indignantly.

It's because your conditions are too ruthless, so they can't accept it. Hai Jing secretly slandered in his heart, of course, he couldn't say that, this guy said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the strength of the Entente to persist at present is nothing more than the supply of materials from North America, in addition to the continuous reinforcements of the North American army, so far the number of North American and Canadian troops on the European battlefield has been close to two million, without them Britain and France would have been unable to hold on." However, the combined population of North America and Canada is only 30 million, and their casualties have exceeded one million before, so there are at most two or three million young adults in their country, and it is impossible for all of these people to enter the army, and the number of troops in North America and Canada will not exceed one million.

If your country launches an offensive in North America at this time, five army groups will be enough to wipe out the whole of North America, and Spain, Mexico, and the Confederation will act together with your country, so that there is no need for even five army groups, three army groups are enough, as long as North America and Canada are solved first, the last reliance of the Entente will be gone, and with their strength, it will definitely be impossible to have the courage to continue the war, and then we can completely achieve our goal. ”

Attacking North America, I have to say that this is the best way to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, but Emperor Yang is a little hesitant, is this too early? After all, Europe is on the rise.

"Your Excellency, your proposal is very reasonable, and I will immediately order the Joint Staff to come up with a suitable battle plan." He thought for a moment, then nodded.

"How many troops does our army have now?" After sending Haijing away, this guy immediately asked Li Yuncong.

"At present, the army has a total of thirty army groups, of which twenty are open to the public, six of which are on the Siberian battlefield, but the Tenth Army has re-moved south and is preparing to enter Persia, but the railway is at most to Ashgabat, and there is no real road to the south, and our army cannot fight on horseback and livestock like the nomadic cavalry in ancient times, so we must build an improvised road while advancing, and it is estimated that it will take a month to reach Tehran.

Two armies were on the European and Ottoman battlefields, and two more armies were rushing to reinforce them, one in Australia and one in Colombo preparing for an attack on Africa, and according to the plan they would first land in Dar es Salaam, then use the port facilities built here by the Germans as a springboard, and then attack Durban south. There are also two other army groups scattered in Southeast Asia and Lingbei, and of course it is not of much interest to hold these places or not. At present, there are two group armies under the Jinzhou Military Region, so the figures disclosed to the public are that there are still four group armies in China, and there are also ten undisclosed group armies. Li Yuncong said.

"Then add another army group to North America to prepare for an attack on North America, and another army group to Omsk, and we must do everything possible to break through the defense line of the Russian army in Omsk." Yang Feng said with satisfaction that his army expansion is still in progress, and the goal is 10 million, which is still early.

In Omsk, nearly 2 million Chinese and Russian armies have been fighting fiercely for the moon here, the total strength of the Chinese army has increased to five group armies, and the Russian army has also increased to four, and the battlefield has long ceased to be limited to Omsk, but has actually become a front of more than 200 kilometers with Omsk as the terminus, relying on the railway, and extending to Petropavl. The Russians were unable to attack because of their inferiority in strength and equipment and could only take a defensive position, while the Chinese side was constrained by transportation, the Central Asian Front relied on water transportation from the Irtysh River for its offensive, and the Siberian Front, which had just joined the battlefield, relied on railways, but neither of them could avoid the intersection of Omsk.

"These old maozi are not easy to deal with, and they no longer surrender obediently when they threw a few coagulated qiyou bombs." Taking the telescope and looking at the sky-high flames on the Russian army position in front of him, Wang Shizhen said with a frown.

His Siberian Front opened up all the Russian strongholds along the railway and arrived here, and immediately took over the main offensive tasks, while the Ninth and Eleventh armies of the Central Asian Front were also included in the Siberian Front, and he commanded the overall offensive on Omsk, while the Eighth Army was defending from Pavlodar to the west to prevent the Russian army from threatening the transport line on the Irtysh River from the flank.

"If you want to completely open the main blocking point of the Russian army on the west bank of the Irtysh River, you must cut off the railway behind them, as long as the Russian army that supplies here is cut off, no matter how you can fight, it is meaningless, but if you want to cut off their railway, you must open their trench defense system starting from Petropavl and stretching all the way to Omsk, I have to say that these Russians have not killed so many people in vain in recent years, this trench is almost dug to catch up with the canal, even if we take a chariot raid, we can't get through." A staff officer next to him said with emotion.

At this time, the Russian army has long studied the anti-tank trench on the European tank, and not only the anti-tank trench, the anti-tank mine, the grenade, and even the triangular cone, the rejection of the horse will play, after all, it has been fighting with these steel monsters for four years, and these basic things have gradually become self-taught, which has caused great trouble to the invincible Chinese armored forces, especially the anti-tank mines and grenades, so that the armored Sixth Division, which initially attacked from the southern front, lost more than 50 combat vehicles at once, Now the Russian army is struggling to support itself with these new anti-tank means. (To be continued......)