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Azerbaijan, outside Tbilisi. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

In the early morning mist, the city of Tbilisi looks particularly beautiful, and the golden morning light shines on the red tiles, as if people have entered the beautiful fairy tale world of the Caucasus.

But the sporadic sound of gunfire broke the silence, and after receiving the news that Russia refused to continue the negotiations, the Chinese and Ottoman troops who had successfully taken Baku and Batumi poured along the railway.

Outside the city, the cold barrels of the guns slowly raised, and the soldiers removed the shells from the trucks, wiped them clean, loaded the fuses, and stuffed them into the chambers.

"Nine pounds?"

"Nine pounds!"

In the busy artillery position, Hao Ren shouted, walking past a "War Hammer" self-propelled howitzer that entered the position under the command of the soldiers, and the L35/152mm self-propelled guns beside him not only did not make him feel excited, but his mouth was dry with anxiety.

From the commander of the artillery company, to the battalion commander, and then to the regiment commander, nicknamed "Hao Cannon", he has become one of the few artillery tips in the army with his solid artillery skills that he has worked hard to cultivate, but this temper has not changed for more than ten years, and he is still babbling.

Hearing the shout of the regiment commander, Ren's young logistics lieutenant immediately ran over and saluted: "Regiment commander, Sun Jiujin is here to report." ”

"Gotcha, gotcha." Hao Dacang waved his hand and looked impatient with this kind of false salute, pointed to the list in his hand and asked: "Tell me, what's going on, tow 105 by yourself, all the cannons, you just bring such a little ammunition on average every three bases, are you kidding?!" ”

"Commander, me

"Don't me, mine, I don't explain, no matter what method you use, before noon, I want to see the convoy!" Hao Dacang waved his hand and stuffed the list into Sun Jiujin's arms, not even wanting to hear an explanation.

Holding the list stuffed by the head of the regiment, Sun Jiujin cried.

Baku has been taken, the forward base has been built, and the Baghdad railway has been temporarily opened to traffic since 7 days ago, but thousands of kilometers from nearby Mosul to Baku all rely on roads, not only are the roads difficult, not to mention that there are not so many trucks in their hands.

As for a smooth supply line, it is to take the Baghdad railway to Ankara, and then from Ankara to Erzurum, but the distance is almost around most of the Ottoman Empire, and the old Ottoman railway efficiency is worse than that of Russia, even if it reaches the destination, from Erzurum to Baku, and then along the railway there are more than 500 kilometers, this is not your own life!

Sun Jiujin muttered and ran to the communication car, at this moment he could only hope that the convoy that set off from Erzurum last night would arrive in time, or wait for the cannonballs to run out, and it was estimated that the spitting star of the regiment commander would drown himself. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

One after another "War Hammer" self-propelled howitzers began to enter the position under the command of the soldiers, these tracked self-propelled howitzers are the pet of the Chinese artillery, with a total weight of 21 tons, using a specially developed five pairs of load-bearing wheel chassis, the highway speed is 30 kilometers per hour, the off-road is 10 kilometers per hour, and the large driving distance is 200 kilometers, and it initially has the ability to accompany the actions of the armored forces.

With a crew of 5 people, a driver and 4 crew members, the weapon is a millimeter/35 times caliber howitzer, the range can reach 8500 meters, in order to reduce recoil, the engineer also invented the muzzle brake.

From the outside, it is still a bit rudimentary, mainly to reduce weight, the "Warhammer" uses an open turret with no protective armor, and can only carry 12 shells and cartridges on its own, and the continuous fire intensity is insufficient, but considering the unprecedented mobility it brings to the artillerymen after entering service, this disadvantage is not a pity.

As the Chinese artillery was fully prepared, the Ottoman artillerymen who were late also worked hard to pull out all their belongings, but compared with the neat former, the equipment in their hands was really a little shabby.

Hao Cannon would not look down on others like ordinary soldiers, after all, Hua was not as good as the Ottomans today, but the uneven caliber and system made him frown.

The Ottoman artillery used more 105mm howitzers purchased from Germany before the war, this kind of cannon is in the same vein as the Chinese 105mm gun, but the latter has a truck towing so it has a longer barrel and is more powerful, in addition to the 105, he also saw 100mm Russian guns, 75mm "Miss France", and even American 76mm short-barreled guns.

He really admires the Ottoman logistics officers, this kind of complicated caliber, if it is changed to his own side, it is estimated that he will scold his mother dozens of times a day!

While the Chinese artillerymen were looking at their companions, the Ottoman artillerymen were also drooling at their allies, and several officers were drilling into the position vigorously, looking back and forth, left and right, their eyes full of envy.

Since the end of the Mesopotamian campaign, the Chinese army began to cross the Arabian Peninsula to Kuwait in a steady stream, the Ottoman soldiers finally knew how big the gap between them and the other side was, thousands of trucks, planes, tanks and artillery, and even in order to make it easier for the soldiers, a large number of bicycles were also transported, if it were not for the fact that the Strait of Hormuz was being cleared and not opened, I believe that the number of artillery in front of them would be several times more.

Compared with the soldiers, Kemal, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in the Transcaucasia, who was standing in the distance, was not only happy, but also worried, happy that according to the agreement between China and the Ottomans, as long as Russia signed, half of Azerbaijan, including Baku and Batumi, would give jā to the Ottomans, although Hua would take half of Baku's share of oil exploitation, but even if half was left, it would be enough to make Mohammed V ecstatic, because it would mean millions of oil revenues per year, which is more than the current taxes of the whole Ottoman country.

But in addition to the joy, it is also full of worries, because from the current point of view, whether it is the quality of the soldiers or the equipment, China is far better than the Ottomans, and even inferior to Germany, with their continuous arrival in Kuwait, and the Baghdad railway is about to be officially opened, the whole of Mesopotamia is enveloped in it.

The hook-up between Ibn Saud and Lymer has surfaced, and the two quickly came together through marriage, so that the entire Arabian Peninsula suddenly changed under the promise that the Baku oil fields and would not fight for control of the Suez Canal after the war, Mohammed V has agreed to the matter of Ibn Saud and Greater Kuwait**, officially declaring Hua a powerful military presence in the region!

"Is this a good thing or a bad thing?" He didn't know, no one could predict the future, but one thing was clear what would happen to the city of Tbilisi when the Chinese artillery opened fire.

"General Kemal, it's all ready." Zhao Sheng walked into the command headquarters and saluted.

"Good." Kemal politely replied, although he was the commander of the Allied Forces in the Caucasus, he knew that it was because Hua was unwilling to take his turn too much, so he politely smiled and said, "Then let's start." ”

"Yes."

Zhao Sheng's response The Chinese howitzer took the lead in opening its throat, and the smoke poured out along both sides of the muzzle brake, like a black cloud that fanned out, and when a few seconds later, when the first cloud of gunpowder smoke rose from the city of Tbilisi, this famous city of the Caucasus seemed to be thrown into a storm.

"Boom, boom!"

The continuous sound of artillery made the Ottoman officers watching the battle all dumbfounded, they had thought that it would be very powerful since they saw the dense Chinese cannons, but when they really roared in front of them, they knew that it was still underestimated.

Shells exploded from all over the city of Tbilisi, beautiful buildings full of Russian charm collapsed in the shelling, houses, warehouses and even worthless stone piles collapsed quickly as long as they were hit.

In particular, the power of the "War Hammer" 152-mm self-propelled howitzer is amazing, and the shelling launched by the 105-mm howitzer cannot be compared with it at all, even the several tall and solid buildings in the city that were used by the Russian army as bunkers, all made of uā granite, also collapsed under hundreds of 152-mm shells, rubble flew, walls and pillars cracked, and the once prosperous city suddenly became a pile of ruins.

"May Allah bless!"

Standing in the command post, Kemal was also fascinated by such blazing artillery fire, and he believed that even if he commanded the defense, under such heavy artillery fire, he would probably have to choose to retreat or surrender.

The shells were still raining down, and the Ottoman artillerymen who had originally come to help found that they couldn't do it at all, so they simply gave their 105 mm shells to the Chinese artillery to use to make up for the regret of the lack of ammunition from afar.

A moment later, when the trucks finally arrived loaded with shells, Hao Cannon launched a madness, in order to show the Ottoman officers the strength of Hua, ordered a full-speed artillery bombardment, for a time the shells fired in the position can only be described as overwhelming and overwhelming.

After Hao Cannon used nearly 70 minutes of continuous artillery fire to tell the Ottomans what is called a firepower, the city of Tbilisi was already wrapped in gunsmoke, and in 1795, after the city was set on fire by the Bōsi people, turning Tbilisi into a scorched earth, the Chinese artillery once again used powerful artillery to almost wipe the city off the map.

At 12 o'clock in the afternoon, when Kemal gave the order to attack, the Ottoman army enjoyed for the first time what is called a leisurely stroll, after being covered and destroyed by blazing artillery fire, stationed here, the Russian army, which had no intention of fighting because of the country, immediately chose to retreat.

On July 1, Tbilisi was captured, and the 200,000 main forces of the Ottoman Third Army and the Chinese Sixth Mechanized Infantry Division pursued and fought fiercely, and with the help of overwhelming artillery shells, they occupied all of Georgia in just ten days.

At the same time, the Northwest China Army and the German Eastern Front Army also launched a full-scale attack on Russia in coordination with Austria-Hungary and other ** teams, and almost every day, tens of thousands of Russian soldiers who were unwilling to continue fighting chose to lay down their arms.

When the news of the Allies' onslaught on Russia reached St. Petersburg, almost everyone knew that the Russian Federation was about to be shut down completely.

: Yesterday the naval gun was written incorrectly, it was L45/406 mm, it was a mistake by hand, thank you for the reminder.

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