"At present, the basic strength of the army in the theater is 17 infantry divisions, 3 armored brigades, 2 cavalry brigades, and 21 aviation squadrons. In addition to the units directly under the command at all levels, there should be 1,400 artillery pieces, 300 combat vehicles, and 260 aircraft according to the establishment......"

In the No. 2 real-time demonstration hall of the base camp separated by a wall, Liu Ping listened to Wu Peifu's introduction with his back hand, and his eyes wandered between the huge sand table in the West Asian theater and the female plotters who were leaning over to work.

"The subordinate units of the theater include: the Turkish Front, the Basra Mobile Group, the Manama Garrison Group, the Abbas Garrison Group, the Muscat Garrison Group, and the 3rd Air Group."

"Among them, each garrison group is based on an infantry division, which is responsible for the security of the western shore of the Persian Gulf, the eastern shore of the Persian Gulf, and the southeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula."

"The Basra Mobile Cluster, based on three infantry divisions, is responsible for both the garrison and security of the southern part of Iraq, and is also the general reserve of the theater of operations, ready to support in all directions."

"The Turkish Front, with 12 infantry divisions as the backbone, is not only the main offensive force in the theater, but also responsible for the garrison and security of the central and northern regions of Iraq, and also cooperates with the Caspian Front in the Eastern European theater to seize Russia's Transcaucasia."

"The main combat mission of the front is to march westward into Syria and Asia Minor, to occupy the Bosphorus and Dardanelles areas, to cut off the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea between Russia and its allies, and to open the Persian Gulf to the Balkan line between China and Germany."

"In order to accomplish the operational objective of the first phase, that is, to seize Aleppo, the transportation hub in northern Syria, the front army plans to divide its troops into two routes, flanking from the left and right."

"The Left Army, with four divisions of the 14th Army as its backbone, with one cavalry brigade and one armored brigade, traced the Euphrates River from Baghdad in central Iraq. Seizing important places such as Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa in turn, and outflanking Aleppo from the southeast. ”

"The Right Army, with four divisions of the 19th Army as the backbone, with two armored brigades and one cavalry brigade, marched west along the railway from Mosul in northern Iraq and approached Aleppo from the northeast."

"The Front retains two divisions as reserves, with one division stationed in central Iraq, centered on Baghdad. A division was stationed in northern Iraq, centered on Mosul. ”

"According to the latest information, the Allied forces currently entrenched in Syria are mainly Canadian and South African forces belonging to the British Empire, with a total of six to seven infantry divisions, two to three cavalry divisions, two to three battalions of combat vehicles or armored vehicles, and seven to eight aviation squadrons."

"In the area around Syria, the Entente forces also deployed other forces: one French division in Lebanon, centered in Beirut, two British divisions in Palestine, centered in Jerusalem, and three to five divisions of the Greek army in southern Asia Minor, centered on Konia. There are three divisions each of the French and British armies in central Asia Minor, with Ankara as the center, and two or three divisions of the Russian army in eastern Asia Minor, with Erzurum as the center. ”

"In the southeastern part of Asia Minor, the Turkish National Army under Kemal will fight in conjunction with our army. However, although the division has the number of six divisions, the strength of each division is less than one regiment of our army, and it is still in the mountains, surrounded by the enemy on three sides, and lacks food and ammunition. The main thing is to contain zuò with ......"

Hearing this, Liu Ping suddenly turned around and interjected: "Before the railway from Basra to Mosul was built. What is the maximum number of troops that the Turkish Front can deploy on the front? ”

Wu Peifu glanced at Liang Tianhe and replied sincerely: "Without the support of this railway, as the front-line troops advance, it will be more and more difficult to supply from the mainland, and the materials needed by the troops will become more and more dependent on local supplies, so that they can maintain the current scale of troops on the front line for a long time." It's not easy. ”

"What if there is support for the urgent construction of a light railway?"

Liu Ping squinted and asked.

Wu Peifu did not hesitate: "The capacity of the urgent light railway is limited, and it is susceptible to seasonal disasters, even if it runs normally, it can only supply two or three additional divisions at most." ”

Without waiting for Liu Ping to respond, Liang Tianhe also took a step forward and answered: "Even so. It is also necessary to maintain the offensive and not sit idly by and watch the enemy accumulate strength and consolidate the battle line. ”

Seeing that Liu Ping was still expressionless, Liang Tianhe continued to patiently explain: "Moreover, the cluster on the south shore of the Caspian Sea covering the east side of the theater is containing the Russian army on the Caucasus side, the Red Sea cluster on the west side is also containing the British troops on the Egyptian and Palestinian sides, and there is the Kemal National Army on the north side, and the situation in the theater is very favorable to me." As the saying goes, there is no time to lose, and it is just a matter of taking Syria and approaching the Mediterranean Sea to show the sincerity of the empire to the Central and European allies. ”

Liu Ping hummed noncommittally, turned around his back and said: "Our Chinese Empire and the East Asian allies still have the strength to show sincerity, but I am afraid that the German Empire and its Central European Union countries are already more than capable of strength. ”

"Your Highness's concern is not unfounded, it's just that there is not enough evidence to prove it at the moment."

Liang Tianhe's answer can be described as leaky, and Liu Ping had no intention of embarrassing him, so he reached out and took the gold-trimmed cap from Lin Ying's hand, clasped it on the top of his head with both hands, and then held the saber in his hand, raised his chin slightly and said: "With Chief of General Staff Lao Liang and Director Wu, the situation in the West Asia Theater will be understood by this king first, and then I will ask the two of you to introduce the current situation of the African theater to this king." ”

……

In the afternoon, in the regent's office on the second floor on the south side of the Chengxian Hall, Liu Ping sat on the desk with his legs hung over, his hands in front of his chest, and his torch-like gaze swept over several attendants in front of him, who were sitting or standing, or holding cigarettes or cups.

"What do you all think? Zhiyong, you speak first. ”

I saw Yang Zhiyong, who was holding a glass of whiskey in his hand, in a trance, and didn't answer for a while, Lin Ying next to him immediately took a puff of smoke in his face, squinted and smiled lewdly: "Recently, our Third Young Master Yang has been proud of the spring breeze, and the peach blossoms are blooming, maybe they will bloom every night, and when will they bring their brothers to see and learn together." ”

Yang Zhiyong choked on his cigarette, coughed a few times, and pushed Lin Ying away with a red face: "Get out, you guy who doesn't even let go of Rabaul's female orangutan, don't talk to me." ”

"Stinky man, it's boring."

Qi Bing, who was holding a cup of coffee in both hands, commented with cold eyes.

"This is the base camp, not Rabaul's tavern, give me a serious point."

Liu Ping glared at Lin Ying, and his gaze turned back to Yang Zhiyong's face.

"Zhiyong. I know everything about you and Miss Ma. ”

When Lin Ying heard this, she jumped up again: "When will there be a Miss Ma again?" How did I not know? The surname is Yang, you want to talk to your brother today...... And sisters, 1510 explain it clearly......"

"Don't get involved with me, I'm not interested in this kind of thing."

Qi Bing pinched a small spoon. Stirring her coffee without looking up.

Qi Peng, who was sitting opposite Yang Zhiyong, was holding a cigar in his hand, but his face was indifferent: "Zhiyong, they are all old comrades-in-arms, if you have any troubles, just say it, and everyone can come up with ideas together." ”

Lin Ying pressed the burnt filter nozzle into the huge crystal ashtray, and there was no lack of envy and jealousy in her eyes: "What else can he have to worry about, he is merry and happy, and he will abandon it from the beginning to the end." ”

Yang Zhiyong took a sip of wine. Put down the cup and scold: "You fart!" Are there still fewer little girls you spoil in Russia? You scumbag, you didn't even spare a little boy when you were in Turkey......"

Lin Ying was not convinced, straightened her neck and shouted: "I don't spoil it, some people go to spoil it, and others spoil it is better to change me, at least I am experienced and generous." As for the little boy's case, I was deceived by meow. Who knew boys could be dressed up so cute......"

"Lin Ying, you sit down for me. You are not allowed to intervene without the permission of this king! ”

Liu Pinghu jumped off the table with a face, stared at Lin Ying and sat down, then walked in front of Yang Zhiyong in two steps, patted him on the shoulder, and looked sincere and concerned: "There is someone who needs my help." Even if I open my mouth, even if it is to the emperor, I will not give up. Remember, I owe you. ”

Yang Zhiyong raised his eyes and smiled, but there was no lack of bitterness in his tone: "Your Highness's heart." The subordinates have understood, but this matter has been resolved......"

"Is it because this matter involves my brother? Are you afraid of sweeping the face of His Royal Highness? I asked him, he was not interested in Miss Ma at all, he just accepted the engagement casually to make the queen mother happy, and now that the queen mother is gone, he also wants to dissolve the marriage......"

Liu Ping understood in his heart that it was not so much that Liu Fan was not interested in the engagement partner chosen by the queen mother, but that he was not interested in marriage itself at all.

His Royal Highness Prince Wuhe played with things that were so mysterious that he might either ascend or sit down one day, and women were just dispensable pastimes for him - even if the other party was the eldest lady of the prince's and powerful family.

"Your Highness, can you stop talking about this today? As you just said, this is the base camp, the place where military affairs are discussed—can I answer the question that Your Highness just asked me? ”

Yang Zhiyong didn't seem to appreciate it, and Liu Ping didn't want to force him too much, so he nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"I'm just a flyer, I don't know anything about strategy, strategy, or anything, and in terms of pilots' intuition, I think the current base camp lacks the necessary focus, but wastes a lot of time and resources on the details......"

Qi Peng, who had just lit a cigar, got up coldly and interrupted Yang Zhiyong: "I can't say that, the crux of the problem is that the traffic situation on the main front is difficult to improve significantly in the short term. ”

"Rather than plunging the main front into a situation of insufficient supply and a large number of troops and being powerless, it is better to limit the size of the forces on the main front according to the supply capacity, and use the extra troops on the secondary front to continuously expand the superiority of our army on these fronts."

"In this way, it not only compresses the opponent's sphere of influence, increases our resource supply, but also forces the enemy to divide and reinforce the enemy. This corresponds to the main front in two ways. ”

After Qi Peng finished speaking, he bowed his head to Liu Ping apologetically and said, "Your Highness, I'm talking too much again." ”

Liu Ping said to Qi Peng Nunu indifferently: "It's okay, what you said makes sense, this king still has a lot of things that he can't understand, so he doesn't dare to jump to conclusions." ”

Qi Peng was pressed here, and Lin Ying put the cannon in his mouth again: "What else don't you understand, the emperor was forced into the palace by the elders of the cabinet and the military department, and ran to the Summer Palace to hide, so that our Royal Highness the Regent can deal with those old immortals." You said that the emperor can't do anything about them, even if His Royal Highness has his own ideas, he still has to look at the faces of the old guys. ”

Liu Ping just frowned, Yang Zhiyong had already rushed forward and grabbed Lin Ying's neckline.

"The surname is Lin, you are too presumptuous, how can you say this kind of thing?"

Lin Ying took a cigarette in her mouth, crooked her mouth and glared: "This is all true, what can't be said?" Ask Your Highness yourself, what's wrong with what I'm saying? ”

Liu Ping patted Yang Zhiyong on the shoulder and motioned for him to let go of Lin Ying.

Looking around, Liu Ping only felt that everyone's eyes were focused on him, with no lack of expectations and hidden doubts.

Taking a long breath, Liu Ping raised his chin slightly, and said in a sonorous voice: "Now I really don't have much strength, but I won't go on like this, I asked you to follow me, not just be a follower and wait for death." ”

"My relationship with the patriarchs is not about who looks at whom's face, but about taking advantage of each other."

"I want to use them to first realize my desire to establish an independent air force, and after doing this, I have experience and prestige, talent and position, so that I can make plans for my future and everyone's future."

"At present, our fundamental task is to make concerted efforts to get the matter of an independent air force out in a real way, and we will leave the rest alone, and we will not be able to control it -- so everyone understands, right?"

Before Liu Ping's words fell, Lin Ying took the lead in waving his fist and shouting: "Long live the regent." ”

Without waiting for everyone to react, Lin Ying pounced, knelt down on one knee facing Liu Ping, and shouted with bright eyes: "Weichen is not talented, I implore the regent to ascend the throne, and be sure to give the minister the position of head of the palace......"

Yang Zhiyong crossed his arms beside him and sneered: "You go to the palace first." ”

Lin Ying turned her head and glared at him, but she was right: "There are no eunuchs in this dynasty." ”

"It's never too late to start with you......"

Seeing that the two of them were about to enter the bickering mode again, a cold voice suddenly appeared in the corner where almost no one paid attention before: "If the old men don't fall, the independent air force won't be able to do it at all." ”

…… (To be continued......)

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