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Long yellow sand. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

The world outside the commander's periscope seemed to be frozen, and the scenery that seemed to never change made Gu Wei feel extremely tired.

The driver next to him was also full of breath, even in the swaying and noisy tank, the drowsiness and fatigue were already somewhat unstoppable.

Gu Wei looked at his watch, after arriving in Kuwait at ten o'clock last night, the troops only rested for two hours to bypass Abadan, and then embarked on the journey after crossing the river from Basra, not because they didn't want to sleep, but when they thought of their comrades who were trapped in Ahvaz, their lives were unknown, and everyone couldn't close their eyes at all.

The periscope turned to a truck next to him, and when he saw the infantry holding guns and swaying from side to side with the truck, Gu Wei even had a hint of envy, at least they could still squint, and he was not so lucky.

Suddenly, there was a snoring behind him, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that the gunner and the loader had been crowded into a pile, but Gu Wei didn't bother them, it would be lucky to be able to squint, because there would be more than half an hour to reach the destination, and no one knew how long it would take to sleep.

"Come, I'll have a meeting." Gu Wei pushed the driver next to him, and the latter hurriedly shook his head: "No need, I can still insist." ”

"Okay, be careful, don't hit the truck."

"Hehe, how is that possible?"

In the laughter, Gu Wei pushed the hatch above his head a little, and the sunshine and breeze poured in made his body seem to gradually wake up, although it was stipulated that smoking was not allowed in the car, he still lit one, first let the driver take a few sips to relieve fatigue, and then sucked it up against the hatch.

Suddenly, a phenomenon caught his attention, only to see a few reconnaissance companies in front of the road Wildcat suddenly began to accelerate, and then the trucks around them also broke away from the convoy and began to accelerate, these guys can run more than tanks, but this area is already an enemy area, maybe it will be intercepted, are they crazy if they are not armed?

Gu Wei didn't know what was going on, but the strange singing voice that suddenly came from a wild cat that was speeding past him next to him made him feel as if he had missed something, so he hurriedly threw away the cigarette butt and turned on the radio.

On the radio, the sudden majestic singing voice made him stunned suddenly.

"My yin and yang worlds, my Yangtze River and Yellow River.

When you come running, I smile triumphantly.

Because the victory is mine, I am a Marine.

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"We are the Marines, this is the song of the Marines."

The singing, more than four directions, pierced the sky, poured straight into the heart, the voice was loud and loud, the tone was poignant, and people suddenly clenched their fists, and when the phrase "Marines, bayonets" came out, even the sleeping gunners woke up, and unconsciously tears were full of tears.

The Marines, the Marines, they are still there, they are fighting bayonets!

"Rush, rush."

"British, grandma!"

"Rescue, you must rescue them!"

The tank crews wiped their tears and shouted loudly, the sleepiness and fatigue had long since disappeared at this moment, and there was only one thought in everyone's hearts, to rescue the marines!

The warplanes roared overhead, the trucks began to run like crazy without being careful, the engines were already hissing, but no one had the heart to let go of the throttle a little to let it catch its breath.

There is only one thought for everyone!

"Get the Marines out!"

"Kill!"

The bayonet was pulled out, and at the same time as the blood stain was raised, it had already turned around on the chest of another British soldier, and the tragic hand-to-hand combat made the sea harrier seem to have returned to more than ten years ago, and the whole person seemed to be ignited.

Kill, kill, kill!

500 Marines, like tigers descending from the mountains, abandoned their already dilapidated positions, fought their way out of the rubble, raised their bayonets from their uncovered houses, and charged the enemy from every corner.

The charge of the hundreds of marines who had no ammunition swept by like tens of thousands of cavalry, and in the loud singing, they were like daggers with two blades, killing the enemy and being shattered by the bullets. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

But this did not frighten them, but provoked the tyranny in their hearts, blood shuttled in the cold light of the bayonet, and the stomach was picked out of the chest, but no one frowned, no one retreated, and still rushed forward desperately.

Suddenly, a warhawk appeared in the sky, followed by a second, a third,......。

When dozens of war eagles began to circle, almost all of the dragon wings were deeply stimulated by the tragedy below, but everyone did not dare to drop bombs easily in the face of the strangled enemy and me, only a few skilled dared to fly low and drop the bomb in the middle of the enemy.

The moment the explosion of fire was raised, Allenby's face turned pale, beads of sweat the size of beans oozed from his forehead, looking at the fighters who had made him suffer so much, his hope after knowing that had been shattered!

"Tank, it's a tank!"

As soon as Sixi pulled out a bayonet from a British soldier, he heard a pleasant shout, turned his head and saw that trucks had stopped behind him, and Wildcat armored vehicles crossed him and opened fire fiercely, and even several 3 Cheetah tanks even saved their guns and ran over the British army.

"Reinforcements, it's reinforcements coming!"

The cries were heart-rending and heartbreaking, but they also gave everyone strength and courage, and countless new forces joined the battle circle, and tanks and armored vehicles ran over the British soldiers.

The crisp sound of the machine guns roared again after more than ten hours, and the cannons began to roar, but at this time, it was so pleasant to listen to the ears of the remaining soldiers.

"Kill, kill them all!"

In Gu Wei's screaming, the tank really turned into a Siberian tiger, it didn't fire at all, and crushed countless British soldiers into meatloaf close to the rapidly rotating tracks.

The sudden appearance of a large number of tanks and infantry finally obscured the courage of the British soldiers, and the embarrassment of four days of difficulty turned into fear, and the morale and determination completely collapsed at this moment, and everyone had only one thought, to leave, to leave here, and never to fight these crazy Chinese marines again.

Allenby is no longer able to command, tens of thousands of troops are like snowballs and only know how to run wildly, soldiers are a group of courage, but when all the courage turns into fear, even God can't solve it.

Given their chance, the dragon wings began to wreak havoc, bombs, machine guns constantly falling over the heads of the British.

The Flying Tigers showed their assault capabilities to the extreme, looking down from the sky, often one or two tanks and armored vehicles dared to chase hundreds or thousands of people, machine guns constantly reaped the lives of the people, and the entire battlefield was the screams and blood of British soldiers.

Many British soldiers, seeing that they couldn't outrun the tanks and armored vehicles, simply dropped their guns and raised their hands, they stood on the side of the road in a daze, watching these steel monsters painted with winged black tigers rushing past in front of them, feeling both lucky and as if they had been slapped in the face, because they found that these guys had no intention of capturing themselves, and they were still chasing and killing.

But even so, no one dared to pick up the gun again, because the dense Chinese Marine Corps soldiers in the distance had already covered up.

In the long gallery of Whitehall, London, a painting commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar glistens in the sun, and Sir Nelson laid the foundation for centuries of maritime supremacy of the British Empire in a magnificent naval battle, and since then a sunset empire has gradually risen across seven oceans.

Whenever staff officers, officers and even unrelated people pass by, they will be impressed by his demeanor.

Jericho, dressed in a neat military uniform and holding in his hand an important piece of information that might even change the course of the war, stood thoughtfully in front of the oil screen.

Today, Britain is facing a serious challenge in a century, and he, the commander of the elite home fleet, who controls more than 60% of Britain's naval power and has an elite home fleet, has been blamed for his delay in defeating Germany, but now this information tells him that Nelson may be born one afternoon in the next month!

After nearly two years of waiting, the German High Seas Fleet finally made a move, and Tirpitz began to mobilize all the supplies and armament in the future, and the intelligence that the intelligence officer had obtained with his life and painstaking effort told him that this time, they had made up their minds to rush out of the North Sea and into the vast Atlantic!

But it can't be!

Because there is oneself, there is a large fleet, and there is the fighting spirit left by Sir Nelson!

Jellico squeezed the information and walked towards the Whitehall conference room with his head held high, he needed to discuss the strategy with everyone immediately to prepare for the upcoming decisive battle!

Along the way, countless officers and staff officers greeted the general who led the Grand Fleet, which for two years had left the German High Seas Fleet dead in the harbor and unable to escape.

Just as everyone was speculating about why Vice Admiral Jericho had returned, and whether there was a major operation, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps like four drums beating to interrupt everyone, only to see a naval staff officer suddenly running past him, and he didn't even see Vice Admiral Jericho, nor did he see the oil painting.

He walked hurriedly, looked panicked, and even fearful, and pushed the door open into the Whitehall.

What happened?

Everyone saw this, everyone looked at the shaking door of the office in Whitehall, watched Lieutenant General Jericho walk in after him, and then heard a roar, heard a roar coming from inside.

"How is that possible!"

Lord Chancellor Sir Edward Carson stood abruptly, the cup of coffee in his hand slid to the ground, and the crisp cracking sound of fragrant coffee spilled all over the fine carpet.

Jericho was also stunned, he couldn't believe it, seeing that he was going to become Nelson's second, a legendary hero of the country, but this telegram changed everything.

Socotra is occupied!

Due to the destruction of the radio at the first time, the defenders did not send a telegram in time, plus the attack was sudden, several destroyers and submarines in the bay were sunk in an instant, and no one gave a signal,

Because of this, no one knows that it has become an island!

For Britain, the loss of Socotra meant that the lifeline from the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal to India from the Red Sea was completely cut off, and the Indian Grand Fleet in India and Ceylon lost contact with nearly a million soldiers!

"God, how could they attack there!"

Rederick Hamilton, who had just succeeded Fisher as First Secretary of the Navy, held his head in agony, and idiots could understand the importance of Socotra to Britain, without which the jewel in the British crown would have disappeared completely, and without India's manpower and resources, Britain would have lost nearly half of its power.

"They used Kuwait as a decoy and launched a surprise attack on the way." The staff officer looked at the map, calculated the time, and then had the situation in his mind.

"This damn Li Mo, bastard!"

Everyone was shocked by this, Allenby had set a trap before Li Mo's army could be buried, he stabbed Britain in the throat with a backhand, and if he could not recapture Socotra with all his troops, the world fleet that Sir Nelson had built for the empire on which the sun never set would be confined to a corner of the world.

"Send troops, you must send troops immediately!"

Brigadier General Reginald Tierrit jumped up with a roar, his suggestion echoing through the chamber: "Immediately dispatch the Home Grand Fleet and cooperate with General Campbell, we must not lose there!" ”

"But ......." Another general looked at Jericho and said in a low voice: "The Grand Fleet must deal with Germany with all its might, and the transport route from India is too long, and General Campbell will become a target for the enemy if he wants to escort troop carriers." ”

"No, we have an army." Brigadier General Tirit pointed at Persia and shouted: "Allenby has 30 troops in his hands, he only needs to draw out 100,000, no, only 50,000, concentrate them in Aden, and then the Indian Grand Fleet can shorten the escort distance and recapture Socotra!" ”

Everyone ran to the map, Brigadier General Turit was right, although the Chinese Navy is currently concentrated in the Arabian Sea, if the army departs from Aden, it only takes one day to reach Socotra Island, and if the Indian Grand Fleet can attract the main force of the Kaihua Fleet, the escort pressure can be reduced a lot.

According to intelligence, 40,000 soldiers are already heading towards Kuwait along Salalah Port, which means that they can only arrange a few thousand more people on Socotra Island, as long as they land before the second fleet arrives in China, then this crisis can be completely resolved!

"Send a telegram telling Campbell that I, regardless of his reasons, must arrive in Aden immediately and escort the army to attack Socotra." Sir Carson stood up, gritted his teeth, and his face was cold: "Tell him that even if he sacrifices all the Indian Grand Fleet, he must ...... it." ”

Before Sir Carson could finish his order, the door was slammed open again, and all the hearts contracted once again as he looked at the communications officer who rushed in.

"Mesopotamia, they ......, they reached Kuwait, and they recaptured Ahvaz!"

"What!"

Brigadier General Terit, who had just finished making his decision, sat down on the ground, because it meant that it was impossible for the Persian Front to draw troops to Aden, and if troops were to be drawn from distant India, even if the entire Indian Grand Fleet was dispatched to escort the troops, no one would dare to guarantee absolute safety during at least a four-day journey!

Jericho stared blankly at the map, the intelligence in his hand had been pinched into sauerkraut, if all this happened a month late, then the home fleet would be free to attack the enemy from both sides with the Indian fleet.

But there are no ifs in war!

On April 15, 1916, the Chinese Army showed the world the majesty of the armored forces, an armored regiment and a Marine infantry regiment, in four days 1,800 kilometers, an average of 19 kilometers per hour!

Although many important battles were fought in the war, it was unanimously recognized that the victory in the Battle of Mesopotamia was decisive, and although the Chinese assault troops also paid the price of nearly half of the tanks and vehicles with their engines damaged and unable to move for a month, their arrival was fatal to the Allied Persian Front led by Allenby.

At 10:35 a.m., the Flying Tigers and the 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division finally won the battle, and they came out of nowhere and captured Ahvaz with lightning speed, laying the foundation for the victory of the Battle of Mesopotamia in one fell swoop.

On April 17, when the follow-up of more than 30,000 reinforcements arrived one after another, the balance of victory and defeat of the battle began to tilt rapidly, Li Tianhe, who had just been appointed commander-in-chief, seized the opportunity of Allenby's troops to disperse and his confidence was broken, first cooperated with the main force of follow-up support to surround Sefaniye in one fell swoop, and after spending four hours eating the Entente troops stationed there, he quickly ordered the Flying Tiger Regiment, the Third Regiment and the Second Regiment to support for two days to outflank in a roundabout way, and cooperated with the main force to successfully annihilate the 30,000 Cossack cavalry and 30,000 British troops who attacked Abadan.

On April 19, the Ottoman army of 100,000 began a counterattack from Baghdad, and with the cooperation of the newly arrived Chinese 5th Mechanized Infantry Division, with 60 aircraft, 300 cannons, and 700 machine guns, it opened the way, and successively captured Hamadan, Bakhtalam, Dizful and other cities in three days, driving the remnants of the Entente back to Isfahan.

At this point, a total of 250,000 of the 300,000 Entente Persian Front troops were annihilated, and the remaining 50,000 were no longer enough to threaten security, completely declaring the end of the Mesopotamian campaign.

Importantly, with the victory of the Mesopotamian Campaign, Huazhong consolidated the Greater Kuwait region and also extended its influence to Baghdad for the first time.

The price of victory was also heavy, in addition to the loss of a large number of tanks and combat vehicles, the 5,000 officers and men of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division stationed in Ahvaz held for four days surrounded by 50,000 British troops, although it bought a roundabout time for the arrival of reinforcements, but less than 372 people survived in the whole regiment!

This is not the largest number of casualties since the beginning of the war, but it is the first time that an entire division has been beaten and removed, and thousands of heroes have sworn to pay for the country with their young lives.

On April 26, with the second batch of 65 ocean-going freighters, detouring through the far Lombok Strait, making a big circle along the middle line of the Indian Ocean, and spending 20 days to transport 60,000 troops and hundreds of planes from three infantry divisions to Socotra Island and Salalah Port respectively, Li Mo and the Hua General Staff gave the Entente a resounding slap in the face, and they took advantage of the opportunity to support Kuwait and drew the attention of the whole world to build a dam in the Aden Sea.

The Red Sea is truncated!

India loses contact!

The Persian region is facing a full-scale offensive!

The Sultanate of Muscat defected and announced its alliance to the Alliance!

Ibn Saud announces joining the Alliance!

The Strait of Hormuz began to loosen.

East Africa is threatened.

The Suez Canal is threatened.

The Russian Caucasus is threatened!

Wait a minute.

When the news of the victory in the battle of Mesopotamia spread like a nuclear bomb in all directions, in an instant, the sky over Europe was filled with the shouts of wolves.

While Britain, France, the United States and other countries were in turmoil, there was already a thunderous roar within the alliance, with Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Ottomans announcing that they would prioritize the delivery of supplies to the region, and strive to open up the Baghdad railway line, which is crucial to Asia, the vital land lifeline to Asia, within three months.

On the day that the second batch of Chinese troops arrived at the port of Salalah, the four European allies solemnly handed over the ownership of the Baghdad railway to Wang Shizhen, China's deputy chief of general staff, in Berlin, which represented the countdown to the opening of the transportation line from Asia to Europe.

The two major battlefields, after nearly two years of war, are finally facing a meeting!

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