Chapter 598 Horn 3

Musabar Bay, Greater Kuwait (now the port of Khomeini, Iran).

In the early morning, the eulogy of the Koran lingered over the city. The golden sand extends from the earth to the bay, and the calm and blue water is as clear as the sapphire produced in the Persian region.

At the end of the bay, two double-winged ospreys were preparing for take-off. The five defense-class destroyers next to each other were close together, and a pair of eyes on the high watchtower kept sweeping across the sea.

This is one of the two major bases of the Seventh Fleet of the Xinhua Empire in Greater Kuwait, and the other is located in the port of Kuwait. At present, two defense-class destroyers and eight torpedo boats are stationed, thus forming two fists one north and one south, blocking the sea at the bottom of the narrow Persian Gulf.

The important surname here is self-evident, and the Avas in the north is also a key part of the Allied attack on land from the direction of Persia, so Li Tianhe set up the headquarters here.

In the office, 35-year-old Li Tianhe stood in front of the map, and his standard Chinese character face was covered with sad clouds.

He joined the Marine Corps in Liaodong in 1906. He participated in important wars such as Russia and the founding of the People's Republic of China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was promoted to the commander of the Second Regiment of the Marine Corps. Later, he was sent to Fengtian Army Academy. In 1911, he graduated and returned to the Marine Corps and served as the commander of the Second Division of the Marine Corps with the rank of colonel.

From him, you can see almost every war history of Xinhua. The Northeast man who came out of the rain of bullets has never been afraid before, but today he is a little nervous.

The Marines did not fear death. He was only worried that he could not defend Greater Kuwait and was pried open the gate of Mesopotamia by the Ally, so that the old Ottomans could withdraw from the war.

Because only half of the troops came before the war, in the face of such a long line of defense, the cards in his hand were not enough. He could only play the two regiments of the second division and the armored teaching battalion directly under the division. In addition, he later crossed Neizhi, led by Yongye, the son of Yonglun, the first pirate in the Nanyang, and was temporarily assigned to 5,000 light of the 5th regiment of the second division. Infantry and 5,000 volunteers recruited.

20,000 infantry, 48 M3 cheetah tanks, 68 night owl armored vehicles, and small 166 guns, an air wing with 48 falcons, and the rest is the Seventh Fleet with 7 defense-class destroyers and 12 torpedo boats, and 8 seaplanes. Such a small number of troops need to defend from the far north. Avas, to the southernmost Ahmadi, has a nearly 300-kilometer front.

Although the emperor and the General Staff have prepared in advance before, Greater Kuwait has sufficient reserves, but the weapons and ammunition can still be persisted. The biggest disadvantage is the number of people!

According to intelligence, the Allied [***] team entering Persia has now exceeded 300,000, including 50,000 from 25 British battalions, 30,000 from Italy, 120,000 from the Indian colonial army, 80,000 mercenaries from Gorkha and Persia, and 20,000 from the newly arrived U.S. troops.

Since the first batch of enemy troops who tried to attack Avas from Persia were repulsed by a regiment on the 4th, it is equivalent to announcing that the Battle of Mesopotamia has entered the countdown. When half of the domestic reinforcements will not be able to arrive, how much support the Ottoman Empire behind it can provide becomes the key.

Old Osman finally knew the important surname of Mesopotamia, but the problem is that the speed of troop transfer is too slow, and the two armies that promised him did not know where they were so far. If the Allies took this opportunity to concentrate on breaking through, it would be really dangerous!

"Woo-woo."

Li Tianhe was thinking about what should be strengthened there, at least until the arrival of the Ottoman reinforcements. The sudden sound of the horn in the horn outside the window made his face change. He grabbed the helmet and was about to rush out, but as soon as he reached the door, the door was pushed open with a bang.

"Sy commander, twelve camel fighters, Zhengdong!" The sea pheaser suddenly pushed the door and went away. Seeing that Li Tianhe didn't even have time to salute, he shouted.

Zhengdong?!

The protrusion of the Zohre River, the second regiment and the third battalion defense area!

In the horn resounding through Musabal Bay, eight falcons had rushed out of the runway like lightning, and the rushing war eagles circled around and quickly climbed to the east.

The earth flew under its feet, and circles of barbed wire and trenches stretched to both sides along the Zochre River to the inner depression. With the appearance of twelve British camel fighters in the sky, the marines in khaki desert camouflage in the trenches immediately became busy.

"Machine gun!"

In the shout of the commander of the third battalion, some soldiers immediately raised the feet of the light machine gun with both hands. The machine gunner stood behind and aimed at the flying camel and pulled the trigger fiercely.

The fierce shell kept jumping out of the retreating port, and the long muzzle of the fire snake gushed out of the positions, which suddenly scared and quickly avoided these unscrupulous warhawks.

The military name of the camel biplane is Thorpez F.1. It is the best aircraft that the Allies have just begun to equip. Because it wants to deal with the Falcon export model that Xinhua exported to Germany, Osman and other countries before, it is designed and manufactured earlier than later generations. Its good maneuvering and hovering ability make it very flexible. He quickly avoided the strafing of the machine gun and dropped a 45 kg bomb.

This kind of small bomb is improved with a 152mm shell, which is not a special air bomb. 12 pieces will not cause much damage to the position, but it is a signal.

As the bomb fell, a black "dark cloud" appeared on the other side of the Zohre River, and then the position seemed to turn upside down, and countless shells fell.

The rumble of explosions and fire, the soldiers couldn't lift their heads. Under the suppression of artillery, a large number of small boats began to be put down. A team of Allied soldiers rowed their boats and rushed to the west bank of the Zohre River less than 50 meters away.

Major Besdi held a telescope and was very satisfied to see the densely packed soldiers in the river. This time, he brought a full 50,000 troops and 120 cannons to break through here in one fell swoop, approaching Musabal Bay, 40 kilometers away, and drive the Chinese from the west of Persia.

"General."

But before the soldiers crossing the river rushed to the shore, the staff beside him shouted. Looking up, he saw a camel falling like a kite with broken wings.

Major Besdi saw that the falcon that shot down the camel, drew a wonderful arc in the air, and then bit another camel. Then the nose spewed out two long tongues of fire, roaring from top to bottom and smashed again.

Although the Sopwes F.1 Camel fighter is currently the best aircraft in the Allies and is designed for the Falcon, the Xinhua export version of the Falcon is completely different from the self-use. The engine alone is 300 horsepower.

This is an era when the engine gave birth to famous machines. The better and stronger power makes the Falcon surpass its opponents in terms of speed, hovering surname and load, so the 12 camels were shot down by the roaring falcon before they could be understood, and the remaining few wanted to escape. Falling for the speed gap to be caught up.

This scene made Major General Besdi frown. He had expected Xinhua's technology on the plane. According to an analysis of an explosive torpedo fragment found after the Battle of Falls Bay, Xinhua's latest aviation torpedo weighs at least 700 kilograms, that is to say, no aircraft in the Allies can fly with him at present, so this He is still prepared for the scene.

What's more, the war is against the army!

Seeing the falcon that cut melons and vegetables to sweep the sky, the three battalions suddenly cheered. When the first wave of Allied soldiers finally reached the shore in fierce machine guns and shells, the dense bullets almost drove them all back to the river.

Lei Dabao put his cheeks on the cold machine gun. Dozens of fancy clothes in the front sight. The Indian soldiers with huge headscarves just got off the ship and pulled the trigger before they could stand firm.

The shell casings burst out of their eyes, and the sudden bullets tore up the unprepared Indian soldiers in an instant.

The roar came from behind, and the 60mm mortars hidden behind the bunker roared. A group of flames rose from the shore. Every time it fell, it would wrap up countless grains of sand and overturned the surrounding enemy.

The fierce firepower suppressed the Allied soldiers crossing the river on the shore and couldn't raise their heads. From the east bank where Major General Besdy was located, only countless soldiers were suppressed on the river bank, lying densely like a carpet on the yellow sand.

"Push the cannon over and order Camp Gurkha to go!" Major General Besdy had a cold face and took out the biggest killer.

Lei Dabao only saw that more than a dozen 76mm army guns were launched in the agreement [***] on the other side, and immediately shouted to remind his comrades-in-arms around him: "76 fire!"

In the shouting, a mass of gunpowder smoke had exploded from the other side, and the shells roared and fell to the position. The explosion continued to explode along the nearly ten-kilometer-wide position. When the thick gunpowder smoke began to spread, a team of soldiers on the other side were short and similar to themselves made the pupils of the soldiers of the third battalions suddenly shrink.

Camp Gurkha!

Xinhua has always been very careful about Britain's recruitment of a large number of Gurkha soldiers. According to the current intelligence, Britain has recruited at least 50 battalions, about 100,000 Gurkha soldiers. These Mongolian descendants are known for being good at fighting and fearless of death, and they have only one purpose of war, that is, so Extraordinarily cold-blooded.

After the Gurkha soldiers joined the British army, they were immediately valued and given priority to the best weapons. The 30 battalions stationed in Persia have always been regarded as the most careful opponents by the General Staff, but they didn't expect to see them so soon!

Lei Dabao licked his lips and was said to be able to fight with the very brave Gurkha soldiers, which was probably the biggest dream of every soldier of the Second Marine Division, so he aimed the machine gun at them almost without thinking about it.

In a few minutes of crossing the river, 5,000 Gurkha soldiers were shot by ruthless mortars and machine guns, but no matter how many comrades-in-arms around them fell, they seemed to rush to the shore firmly unconsciously.

When the first river boat arrived on the shore, these Gurkha soldiers, who were almost silent, suddenly made a harsh cry and rushed to the position like an enraged cheetah.

Bullets chirped on the sandbag in front of Lei Dabao. Before he could raise his head and visit here, he lifted the heavy sandbag and almost buried him. When he poked his head out of the sand, more than a dozen Gurkha soldiers had rushed to the barbed wire.

The machine gun roared again, and the fierce battle even made him have no time to change the barrel. Under the leadership of these Gurkha soldiers, the Indian and British soldiers who had just been suppressed on the shore also launched a charge.

The blood dyed the yellow sand red, the body covered the space of hundreds of meters in front of the position, and the bullets roared back and forth.

When thousands of Allied soldiers rushed to the position and saw the barbed wire crumbling, the shouts of the company commanders suddenly sounded from the four fields.

"Falpine!"

Almost subconsciously, Lei Dabao retreated back into the trench and looked up to find that the falcons of the brigade had roared through the open front of the position.

He narrowed his eyes and saw that a 250-kilogram aerial bomb rushed out of the belly of the plane. After drawing an arc, it accurately hit the middle of the enemy's army 100 meters ahead of the position. Before he grinned, the fire was already full of eyes. The hot air wave roared around with countless sand and gravel, which scared him. Hurry up and shrink back.

The smoke brushed his scalp through the top of the trench and brought two mutilated arms, one of which was also smashed on his helmet, causing ridicule around.

The explosion filled his ears, and no one dared to look up at such a close-range bomb. It was not until the battalion leader shouted back to his position to fight again that Lei Dabao took the opportunity to change the light machine gun of the barrel and climbed back to its position.

After he set up the machine gun and raised his eyes to find the target, he was also stunned by the tragedy in front of him. He only saw that the thousands of enemy troops who had just now seemed to have completely disappeared. Even the Gurkha troops, which claimed to be most vigilant, only had an amputated arm left.

24 250 kg bombs were almost the same as death when they were dropped at a very low altitude. By the time the fighter returned, there was almost no one standing on the West Bank.

"The dog said, there is not even a mouthful of soup left!" Lei Dabao's anticipated "war Gurkha" scene even appeared and dissipated under the air bomb. He was so angry that he could only take out the enemy soldiers lying on the ground and rolling all over the ground.

On December 20, 1915, the Battle of Mesopotamia officially began. The 300,000 Allied troops used 576 cannons and 351 aircraft. With the help of 6 cruisers, 2 old-fashioned Junquan-class battleships and nearly 20 destroyers, they were divided from Awaz, Zohre River and Kuwait respectively. The three lines opened the attack, and the war entered from the first day**.

The trenches and the air wing dug early have become important factors in resisting the attack. A large number of Allied soldiers are blocked from the barbed wire and trenches. Machine guns have become the best tool for harvesting life, and the 125 and 250 kg bombs carried by the falcon have become the endorsement of death.

On December 22, when the defense line was almost completely faltering, the arrival of the 100,000 troops of the two Ottoman armies, which Li Tianhe was waiting for, finally relieved him, and the battle was once again fell into an endless trench bombardment similar to the Battle of the Gallipoli Peninsula.

The General Staff of Yanjing received a telegram an hour after the Battle of Mesopotamia. With the arrival of this telegram, another telegram was forwarded by countless radio stations half an hour later.

The message is as follows.

"December 25th, 7 o'clock in the morning."

"Action code, horn!"

(to be continued)