Six-three-nine is only 72 hours

April 11, Ahvaz. 【 I want: super fast update 】

Ahvaz is a city in the northern part of Greater Kuwait, which originally belonged to Bōs and was occupied by the Ottoman Empire, which was later acquired by the Empire with supplies and loans, and incorporated it into the Greater Kuwait District.

No one thought it was a good idea before, it was not cost-effective to build an enclave in the core area of the enemy thousands of miles away, and the Strait of Hormuz was too dangerous, even if it was still in the hands of the enemy, but no one could deny that the emperor had made an extremely wise decision, because just south of this small city, Abadan, Basra and Kuwait, a large amount of oil had been discovered one after another, and according to the agreement reached with the sheikhs, all oil interests in Greater Kuwait would account for 70%.

Few people in China know how much oil can be produced here every year, but the Sea Harriers stationed here for a year know very well that if it were not for the start of the war and the closure of the sea routes, the oil produced here every year would be enough for so many ships and cars in the country to drink and have a surplus.

It's a gem, there's no doubt about it.

In addition to oil, it was also the mouth of the two river basins in the Mesopotamian Plain, with access to the Ottoman and Russian Caucasus to the north, the Suez Canal to the west, and Bōs to the east.

So for half of the 2nd Marine Division stationed here, this is a major test!

In the early morning, the sound of chanting wafted over the city of Ahvaz, and the sea harrier was set up in the headquarters of the city, and the sea harrier looked at the map and wiped his beloved shell gun, but his eyelids were jumping.

Wrong!

The crow crows and his eyelids jump, which is a bad sign, he used to crawl and roll in the bandits' den for so many years, and he is a superstitious person himself, so the eyelids jump in the morning makes him a little restless.

According to the domestic telegram, the first batch of troops to come to support will be able to land today and tomorrow, and in addition to the two regiments left by the Second Division, there is also a mechanized infantry division, and I heard that an armored regiment of the Second Praetorian Guard Army will also be dispatched.

Because of the relationship between the imperial concubine Luo Niangniang, he knows more than others, the army infantry division has an armored regiment, plus a directly subordinate armored battalion, a total of 1 The Second Praetorian Guard is a large regiment, with five armored battalions and a reconnaissance company directly under it, that is, 170 tanks and 80 armored vehicles.

In addition to a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, there are more than 1,000 trucks and military tractors, others do not know how powerful they are, but they know it, if they desperately do not care about the wear and tear, the troops can move to Kuwait in five more days, and there is no problem in arriving in Ahvaz in six days.

Therefore, the Entente Bōs Front will definitely have a big operation in the near future.

There are no more than three breakthrough points, the first is his own Ahvaz, but there is an Ottoman division in Dizfuller, north of Ahvaz, with more than 20,000 people, although the combat effectiveness is very poor, but it is a meat shield, even if there are 20,000 pigs, the British infantry will kill them all in at least one day, which is enough for their own deployment.

The Zohre River and Abadan in the south are the defense areas of the Second Regiment, and the Zohre River alone has already left the British with no less than 10,000 people.

This is possible, it is said that the Allenbi who came is a powerful angle, and it will not be impossible to see that Kuwait's defense is not perfect, the fifth regiment was mixed from the ** regiment later, and there is a gap between the combat effectiveness and the first regiment and the second regiment, but there is a naval fleet and aircraft in Kuwait, plus the local Chinese oilmen are also armed, and there are 8,000 people in a patchwork, and west of Basra, there is also an Ottoman division to respond, and it is not possible to fight it in a day and a half.

So what's the problem?

The Sea Harrier repeatedly scanned the three major defense areas, and gradually his eyes fell on his own defensive group of Ahvaz, especially Dizzfuller in the north, could it be that the British were ready to storm there?

"Commander, what are you looking at?"

Looking up and seeing his instructor, the sea harrier hurriedly asked, "Old Shen, I'm just looking for you." ”

"Oh?" Instructor Shen and Sea Harrier have also worked together for many years, and he knows that this regiment leader, who is said to have some relationship with Luo Niangniang's family, usually babbles and lives like a bandit, but when he encounters things, he is extremely serious, so he immediately asked: "What did the regiment leader think?" ”

The sea harrier didn't talk nonsense, swept his finger at Dizfuller, and asked, "Old Shen, haven't you been here a few days ago?" How well are they defending? ”

"Good. ※※※※※I'm going to have a net, I'm going to have a net, I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it, I'm going to have a net, I'm going to do it, I'm going to have to do it, I'm going to have to do it, I'm going to have to do it, I'm going to have to do it, I'm going to have to do it, I'm going to have to do it, I'm going to have to do it, I'm going to have to dig it, I'm going to have to dig a lot of trenches and fortifications, and it's going to take at least three or four days for the British to gnaw it down. ”

"Trenches? Didn't pull the barbed wire? The British have an Indian cavalry division, huh? ”

"Transferred, the Indian Cavalry Division has all crossed the strait to Sephaniyah yesterday." Instructor Shen pointed to the map and muttered: "I really don't know what the British are doing, we have a perfect barbed wire defense south of Greater Kuwait, and it is useless to put the cavalry anywhere, so I guess the British are going to use the bullet hole of our reinforcements from India." ”

Instructor Shen smiled, thinking of the scene of the Indian cavalry fleeing after the armored regiment lined up in a line to kill, he felt comfortable, and just wanted to talk a few more words, but when he saw that the sea harrier's face was still a little wrong, he hurriedly asked: "Regiment commander, are you worried about something?" ”

Harrier didn't hide it, frowned: "I'm worried about Dizfuller, the scout came back last time and said that the British had used tanks outside Baghdad, and I wondered if they would move tanks here and use them to break through." ”

"Probably, but the speed of the British nomad tank is too slow, it can only run 7 kilometers per hour, and the speed through the trench is only 3 kilometers per hour, which is not as good as the infantry running, it will take at least two days and two nights from Diezfuller to us, and it cannot be used as an assault force at all."

Instructor Shen's words made the sea harrier breathe a sigh of relief slightly, and when he was about to think about whether the problem was somewhere else, the communication squad leader suddenly jumped in and shouted excitedly: "Regiment leader, instructor, I have received a signal!" ”

"Signal? What signal? The headless words made the sea harrier stop violently wiping the gun.

"It's the fleet's signal, ten minutes ago, the task force all arrived at Salalah Harbor, and now they have begun to clear the landing site, a total of 4 hours} to come to APo*. n]t battleships, 8 cruisers and 10 destroyers are violently shelling the Salalah port positions, and more than a hundred aircraft! ”

"Two more hours, and the first troops will be able to go ashore!"

"That's great, haha." The words of the communication squad leader made the two laugh at the same time, such a strong firepower, with only more than 10,000 British and Italian troops could not stop it at all, as long as the tank landed on the shore, it would be a big victory!

The sea harrier slapped the big tuǐ violently, and was just about to reach out to grab the cup on the table, and when he used cold water to calm himself, a trace of ripples on the water surface in the cup made the corners of his eyes suddenly froze.

The water bō rippled round and round, as if awakened by something, and the ground under his feet suddenly shook, and the faces of Sea Harrier and Instructor Shen, who had participated in the northern campaign of the war against Russia, changed suddenly, this feeling is too familiar, that is!

"Cavalry!"

The gate was slammed open, and the signal soldier rushed in with an anxious face: "The regimental commander, the cavalry, the Russian Cossack cavalry, tens of thousands, are rushing towards us!" ”

The Sea Harrier and the others were stunned for only a moment, then they grabbed the shell gun and steel helmet on the table, and when he rushed out of the room and walked up to the top floor of the headquarters, his eyes suddenly turned blood-red, and he saw that a few kilometers to the north, tens of thousands of Cossack cavalrymen in cloaks, wielding snowy broadswords and mounted spears, were coming straight from where.

Seeing these cavalry, everyone understood that Dizfuller must have missed, and the 20,000 Ottoman infantry with extremely poor combat effectiveness could not stop the elite Cossack cavalry assault at all, not to mention the number of people!

A moment later, the machine guns on the first line of defense in the north of the city rang out, and the dense bullets swept through the cavalry formation like a hurricane, and the hideous Cossack cavalry was constantly torn apart by the bullets and fell off their horses, but compared with the sound of the ulla, the machine guns were too few.

"Plug them!"

"Use the house as a sniper point to avoid facing the cavalry directly!"

"Artillery battery, direction 090, rapid fire!"

A burst of screams suddenly plunged the small city of Ahvaz into frenzy and gunsmoke.

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120 kilometers north of Salalah Port, on Haraniye Island, 15 dragon teeth clinged to the sea, and when their reflections were thrown into the water and swept back, the "fish bones" under the belly of the aircraft flashed away.

In the cockpit, Jin Wei excitedly tǎn the corners of his mouth, looking at several burning black spots on the sea in the distance, which were the detachments sent by the Indian Grand Fleet, four Nelson and two old Duncan class ships that had been ravaged by the Guam class of the second battleship formation.

Since the second battleship formation immediately went south to provide fire support for the landing force after eliminating them, he was particularly happy that these few big ones had not yet sunk, and he was already very unhappy that he did not catch the battleship for a decisive battle, but he was not interested in the dragon's tooth horizontal bombardment to support the land, so he asked for this task.

The warhawk quickly passed by the big ones that were on fire, and the trail of the tail of the fish bone drove the helpless British sailors into despair, Jin Wei liked the feeling, and when the dragon wing symbol shone in the sky, there was already a rumbling explosion on the sea.

Half an hour later, when Jin Wei took everyone back to Salalah Port, he saw that the defense line of the British and Italian forces behind the port had been blown up by four battleships, and compared with the horizontal bombing method used by the dragon's teeth against the enemy, the battleship's power in supporting the landing war was too strong, and a Guam-class shell fell, and no living people could be seen within tens of thousands of square meters, and the accuracy was much higher than that of horizontal bombing.

Fortunately, Dragon Wing will soon be equipped with a dedicated Night Owl bomber/attack aircraft, and he will be the first batch of pilots to modify and test flights when he returns, when the mothership will truly have dual attack capabilities on land and sea.

While waiting for landing, Jin Wei saw that the five landing ships had already taken the lead in approaching the landing site dock that the seals and marines had cleaned up, and when the bow hatch was opened, tanks and combat vehicles quickly drove out of the cabin, and the infantry also waded into the beach like suffocated cheetahs.

Nearby, a large ro-ro ship then approached the hard-to-protect deep-water dock, the super-cargo ship showed its superior loading and unloading capabilities, and when the hatch opened, thousands of infantry and trucks poured out of the cabin like locusts to join the attack in depth.

Colonel Sangeira in the distance suddenly fell to the ground, the oath he had sworn to General Allenby to keep had already collapsed in front of the ship's artillery bombardment of the shattered position and the dense army soldiers, when he plucked up his courage and was ready to rush to the enemy to show the courage of the British **, several tanks that had never been seen before, and a winged tiger painted on the steel body roared and made him completely desperate.

Inside the flagship Nanchu, the staff officers and officers walked with the sound of the wind.

After the capture of Salalah Port and Hadib Port on Socotra Island, it means that a perfect victory is coming, as long as the second and third convoys arrive and establish a perfect defensive circle, the task force composed of two fleets will achieve a big victory comparable to that of the Bay of Panama!

In the operation center, there was also continuous laughter, and even the cold-faced man Le Fei brought a smile on the corner of his mouth, and introduced: "The Nelson-class battleship Anson sank, the Alexandra forcibly ran aground, two Duncan-class ships have also sunk, and the remaining cruisers are fleeing towards the Strait of Hormuz."

In addition, the first ro-ro ship has docked at the deep-water dock, but the dock is too short, only one dock at a time, and it is expected to take nine hours to unload all six ships, and the Marine Corps is now clearing several other docks, which is expected to be completed in three hours, and the entire landing operation is expected to be completed by 12 o'clock tonight. Le Fei said.

"Has the group departed?" Xie Baozhang held up the binoculars and asked.

"We have already set off, a total of 4 hummingbirds, 52 dragon teeth and 12 escort hornets, it is expected to arrive in Kuwait in 6 hours, we have sent a telegram to the Second Marine Division and the Kuwait Flying Wing to prepare, if the speed is enough, the attack can be launched at 6 o'clock tonight, as long as the two old monarch class ships are killed, the assault force can be unimpeded."

Xie Baozhang breathed a sigh of relief after putting down the binoculars, this is the relay method that the navy came up with, let the HNA planes carry the auxiliary fuel tanks to Kuwait in advance, and then after refueling in Kuwait, and then kill the British fleet in Bōs Bay, saving those heavy artillery from threatening the assault force, but because it cannot carry torpedoes, it is not very reassuring to rely only on the 125 kg bombs stored in the Kuwait base.

However, this is the last way, each dragon tooth can carry two 125 bombs, a few more sorties, as long as the British fleet is driven from the coast of Sephaniyah and the Arabian Peninsula to the Bōs side, then the follow-up infantry can take a steady stream of trains from Riyadh to the Sephaniya front.

From here, trucks are enough for a day and a night, even with the desert, and then the railway train takes only 23 hours, and if it were not for the slower tanks, it would even take 60 hours more to deliver the army to Sephanier.

Now the big problem is Riyadh, and the protection of the railway line is a priority!

"The seals have departed, they will arrive in Riyadh tomorrow afternoon, and the General Staff has just sent a message that Ibn Saud has finally spoken, and is willing to send cavalry to help us keep the railway line safe, but will not intervene in other wars."

"This old fox!"

When Xie Baozhang scolded secretly, Zhu Houbin smiled and said: "Hehe, I knew that I would bring some army storms, their bombing power and range are stronger than our dragon teeth, and after defeating the British fleet, you can use aircraft to patrol the railway line, it's okay." ”

"Report, urgent telegram from the 2nd Marine Division, they are under attack!" Before Zhu Houbin finished smiling, a rush of footsteps interrupted the relaxed atmosphere in the bridge.

"Half an hour ago, the Ahvaz defense area was suddenly attacked by tens of thousands of Russian Cossack cavalry, and the regiment stationed there suffered heavy losses, and now the commander of the Sea Harrier regiment has established a defensive line in the city, and now the British infantry has taken over the attack, and the Russian cavalry is speeding south to Abadan!"

"What!"

Xie Baozhang jumped up violently, quickly walked to the map, and the air in the bridge suddenly became heavy, seeing that the landing had begun, but he didn't expect that there was a big problem in Greater Kuwait at this time.

Even the naval staff knew that after Ahvaz was lost, the Allied Bōs side would be able to move directly at Abadan, and there would be no danger to defend that area, and if the Basra Bridge was captured by the other side, it would be too late for the armored forces to arrive in Kuwait now!

"Russian Cossack cavalry! , Russia itself is too busy to take care of itself, and Nicholas II still dares to stretch out his claws. ”

"These bitches raised them!"

"Chief of Staff, why don't we line up some planes over."

"Nope." Zhu Houbin's suggestion was immediately stopped by Xie Baozhang: "Just now that the Bō plane has evacuated a mothership, and more than a dozen cruisers of the Indian Grand Fleet are chasing after it (at this time I don't know that Campbell has withdrawn the cruiser), and there are a large number of small British warships and submarines in this area, and battleships alone are not enough." ”

"What then?"

Just as everyone was anxiously trying to figure out what to do, a voice suddenly came from the corner.

"Sir, the Flying Tiger Regiment requests an early attack!"

"In advance?" Everyone looked at the short Ulan, looking at his resolute face, and couldn't help but admire the major's determination, but at the moment the transport ship had just begun to be unloaded, and it was afraid that it would be possible to rely on an armored regiment alone.

"Sir, the Flying Tigers have all landed, as long as they can unload the fuel and convoy first, I can guarantee to arrive in Kuwait within three days!"

Looking at Wulan, the head of the Flying Tiger Regiment who saluted with his head held high, and looking at the hā-winged black tiger on his arm fluttering its wings and ready to fly, Xie Baozhang gritted his teeth after a moment: "Order Li Tianhe to defend the Basra Bridge at any cost." ”

"After the arrival of the air brigade, it temporarily abandoned attacking the British fleet and bombed the Entente Avaz outskirts and the Cossack cavalry with all its might."

"Immediately vacate the docks, unload fuel and supplies, and inform all the infantry on the front line to prepare for the assault with the Flying Tiger Regiment!" Xie Baozhang waved his arm fiercely: "Tell everyone that we only have 72 hours!" ”