Chapter 53 Baghdad

Dammam Bay in the Persian Gulf at night is still a busy scenery. The lights of merchant ships illuminate the whole bay. On the dock construction site, thousands of engineers are still rushing to build a temporary dock. On the beach, there is a steady stream of supplies and troops, even in the middle of night. There was no dock, which seriously hindered the transportation of troops and materials.

At a place only a few hundred meters from the coast, on the steel command tower, several lights lit up the night, and near the command tower, next to the rows of planes, the airport guards on guard walked back and forth on the edge of the airport.

"Our plan is to take off before dawn and use the long day to fly continuously. If we take off with the searchlight at 3 a.m., we are expected to arrive in Baghdad at about 3:30 a.m."

In the tent, Xu Huansheng explained to the captain of Li Qinjun's plan to bomb Baghdad.

"Yesterday, we took an aerial photo of Baghdad. Through the actual flight, each plane can carry 3.2 tons of bombs. For safety reasons, we will only carry 3 tons of bombs to carry more raw materials."

"Have you set the goal?"

After measuring the distance with a ruler, Li Qinyun asked without raising his head. At the same time, he looked at the dozens of photos on the table. These are aerial photos. Judging from the photos, the houses in Baghdad are very dense, and Arabic-style flat-roofed houses are next to each other. For bombing, the city is not a good target. .

"The goal is the city of Baghdad. We will take the Euphrates River as the first calibration goal, then the Tigris River as the second calibration goal, and finally the Governor's Office of Baghdad as the final calibration goal, which is..."

Xu Huansheng took out a photo. It can be clearly seen from the photo that the large garden behind the Governor's Mansion was chosen to be calibrated by the Governor's Mansion because the garden, from the air, the oasis in the city is the most obvious calibration target.

"According to the information provided by the intelligence department, there is almost no urban planning in Baghdad. Residential areas, commercial areas and administrative areas are mixed together, and the urban streets are narrow, so our bombing will be centered on the Governor's Office and bomb the whole urban area, given that most of the local buildings are made of bricks more than 50 centimeters thick. It is piled up, and the roof is also covered with a thick layer of heat insulation lime. If a heavy aviation bomb is used, the power of the bomb will be seriously weakened by the wall. Therefore, in this bombing, we will use a 15 kg light aviation bomb. According to the power detection of the bomb, even if its power is weakened, it is still enough to destroy two Three similar buildings, the actual power of ten 15 kg aircraft bombs, should be greater than 200 kg aircraft bombs..."

When Xu Huansheng explained, Li Qinyun only occasionally nodded. He was the captain of the fighter squad. These "elephants" were just his temporary troops. He was completely a layhead for bombing. Finally, he looked up at Xu Huansheng and smiled.

"Okay, there is still one hour left. Go and get ready!"

Let the flames of war burn deep in the enemy country!

This is the mission of strategic bombers. I hope they can really do it!

"The intelligence shows that there are 15 planes in Baghdad. In order to ensure your safety, I will send a squadron of planes to escort you. These planes are plugg up with auxiliary fuel tanks. There should be no problem escorting you. It is only more than 800 kilometers away from Baghdad. If it is far away, there is really nothing we can do!"

"Thank you, sir!"

"800 kilometers!"

Ma Mingxiao, who was preparing next to the plane, giggled a few times. He didn't expect that as soon as his plane was assembled, he received such a mission to escort the bombers. The in-flight fuel range of the nine-year fighter was only 1,600 kilometers, and this was already the distance between the mission map. .

In this flight, the load of the nine-year fighter will be different from any previous one. In addition to the fuel of the aircraft's main fuel tank, there is an additional auxiliary fuel tank under the aircraft, which will provide the aircraft with an additional 300 kilometers of range, but all this increases the weight of the aircraft.

After the flight of this potentially overloaded fighter, he could only guess what other dangers were hidden along the way. The engine can't fail, and navigation and driving must be foolproof. Unlike in the past, they can't even have a chance to make mistakes. If they make a mistake, the plane may run out of fuel in flight.

"If you use two-thirds of the fuel halfway, you can fly in the direction of the Persian Gulf when you return. Off the coast of Kuwait, there is our fleet. You can search for the fleet off the coast, and then parachute and discard the plane..."

Ma Mingxiao didn't pay attention to the captain's instructions. That's a small matter. The most important thing is that in half an hour, he will have a long-distance flight of more than ten hours.

With his eyes closed, Ma Mingxiao recalled the necessities of long-distance flights in his mind. Water, food, and of course, there was an empty bottle, which was used to hold "water".

When the final arrangement of the fighter formation, the bombers that had been prepared had been prepared had been arranged on the runway in order. Under each "elephant", there was a six-person crew waiting for the first ray of sunshine at the airport. Xu Huansheng's men include the navigator, the co-pilot, Lieutenant Qiao Licun, the sergeant, the mechanic, the bomber, the bomber, the aircraft belly machine gunner An Ming, Li Xiaoquan, and the rear machine gunner Zhang Ze. Compared with any kind of bomber in the past, the "elephant" with two lance guns, two belly machine guns and two tail machine guns can be said to be an air machine gun fortress. In the eyes of pilots who know elephants, no fighter can get close to it, let alone shoot him down. Even in Xu Huansheng's opinion, ordinary war The "air combat ability" of the fighting machine is not even as good as the "elephant" with four machine guns.

At about 2:50 a.m., the crews who were waiting to take off were "elephants" one after another. The natural light is enough for them to see the horizon, but nothing else can be seen, and the whole airport is completely illuminated by searchlights. The huge plane stopped at the starting point of the runway, the wooden blocks were stuffed under the wheels to stop the aircraft from moving, and the engine was full of horsepower. When the engine was still running at full speed, the ground crew pulled the wood away, and the twelve bombers began to move slowly along the runway. The takeoff was longer than any previous one, but in the end they staggered into the air, buzzing in the still dark low air of the desert bay.

After 5 minutes, the engine was still running at full speed, and the plane barely climbed to an altitude of less than 200 meters. With the consumption of fuel, the plane climbed slowly. An hour and a half after takeoff, the plane carrying a 3-ton bomb reached a safe cruise altitude of 2,000 meters.

The airflow in the air was very stable and the flight progressed smoothly, so after the sky was bright, Xu Huansheng ordered the mechanic to climb to the outermost engine of the wing twice. He wanted to make sure that when the engine failed in the air, it could reach the faulty engine for maintenance. Every time he received an order, Song Ming would go through the small hatch between the double-layer wings and grab the rope under the wing with both hands to check the aircraft engine. The bomber mechanic was definitely the most courageous group in the world. People who know their responsibilities praise them so much that they have to check the engines in the air.

Grabbing the rope to the rear of the engine, Song Ming stopped. There was a space behind the engine because of the protection of the engine in front, so the airflow could not be blown. Looking at the huge body and wide yellow wings of the aircraft from this perspective, it feels very beautiful and interesting. It was a strange feeling to see the wings motionless in the smooth and clear air in the morning. However, Song Ming did not have the leisure to appreciate the angle that others could not appreciate. He stayed behind the engine and listened carefully to the sound made by the engine. After a minute, after confirming that there was no problem with the engine, he left again. Enter the cabin and then squeeze to the aircraft to report.

"There is nothing wrong with the engine, sir!"

"Okay, I see. Tell everyone to have breakfast in an hour..."

Nodding, Xu Huansheng glanced at the nearby fighter.

"Well, it's in the position of window one!"

For breakfast, I'm afraid this is the treatment that can only be enjoyed on bombers. On the elephant's aircraft, there are several windows. Some of the open windows are used to repair aircraft, some are for hanging machine guns, and the No. 1 window is located behind the cockpit, whether from inside the bomber or from outside the bomber. See it clearly.

Sitting by window one, except for the co-pilot, several other people took turns to enjoy breakfast including sandwiches, fruits and coffee. While enjoying the breakfast, they even held a coffee cup and raised their glasses to the fighter pilot not far away.

"I guess they must be mad!"

"No, this group of children think it's great for them to have a nine-year style, but they don't know that it's enjoyment when flying on elephants!"

The crew members who were enjoying a hot meal shouted to the nearby fighter pilots from time to time. In other words, they were nothing more than "inviting" them to breakfast.

"Damn it!"

Ma Mingxiao, who originally intended to have breakfast, muttered in his heart. Through the window, he even saw someone eating deep-fried dough sticks inside, and even took a bowl as if he was drinking something. What kind of person is this?

Although the history of Iraq can be traced back to the era of the Sumerian civilization more than 4,000 years ago, the history of Baghdad is not long. Until 754 AD, it was just an unknown village on the west bank of the Tigris River. That year, Mansour, the second-generation caliph of the Abbasid dynasty of the Arab Empire, who had just emerged, found that the location was dangerous and the climate was pleasant, so he decided to build a capital here. It took 100,000 migrant workers four years to finally build one of the most majestic cities in the world in the Middle Ages. Because the whole city is surrounded by three layers of circular walls, it is also called a "group city".

In 762 A.D., the city was officially designated as the capital of the Abbasid dynasty, named Medina? Selan" means "city of peace", but it is still customarily called Baghdad. From 786 to 833 A.D., it was the prosperous period of Baghdad. There was a lot of construction in the city, and buildings with Arabic style appeared one after another. The urban area developed from the west of the river to the east of the river, becoming the most important cultural and trade center in the vast region of the Middle East at that time. It was the first of Chang'an, the capital city of the Tang Dynasty and the Byzantine Empire. Constantinople was known as one of the three famous cities in the world at that time.

In 1203 A.D., the then caliph Nassar, in order to resist the invasion of foreign enemies and floods, decided to build a city wall, including four majestic gates, which were the famous gates of Baghdad. But his efforts were in vain. In 1258 and 1400 A.D., the city of Baghdad was invaded by the Mongols twice, and most of the buildings such as palaces, schools and libraries were razed to the ground. Later, the Persians and Ottoman Turks occupied Iraq alternately, but they both regarded it as a frontier area and did not want to spend much effort on construction, so Baghdad was silent for hundreds of years.

After several vicissitudes, the Baghdad gate now only has an east gate called "Vastani". The dilapidated gate and a small remaining wall faintly show the style of the Abbasid fortifications. For hundreds of years, this once three famous cities have long declined. The once brilliant and spectacular buildings have long been destroyed by the flames of war. Now Baghdad is just a crowded and narrow city. The city does not even have a spacious main street and a real city center.

Almost at the same time as the sun rose, the crowded and chaotic city woke up. On a demolished construction site in the center of the city, thousands of Baghdads were building the city's streets, a street built by the governor of Baghdad, Kari Pasha.

"A city without streets!"

Standing on the balcony of the Governor's Mansion, Karipsha looked at the construction site in the distance and was complacent. He believed that with the completion of this street, his name would be remembered by the world with the city.

Baghdad in historical novels is brilliant, but in reality Baghdad is chaotic. After becoming the governor of Baghdad of Turkey last year, he began to work on how to reproduce the glory of the city to prove to the world that the Turks also have excellent urban governance ability, and this street is a change. The first step to becoming Baghdad.

"Damn it, why did the war break out?"

Thinking of the Chinese invasion and the Arab uprising, Kari Pasha felt helpless. He looked back at the "New Baghdad" designed and planned by him on the table. It would be a Turkish and European-style new Baghdad. New Baghdad will never be as dead as it is now. A dilapidied city.

If it weren't for the war, maybe in five or six years, anyone who walks into Baghdad can't help but be surprised: how can this be such a beautiful and magnificent city! The ancient Tigris River merids through the middle of the city, and the roads are interspersed in the middle of the dense date palm forest. Small villas are scattered all over the city, and mosques with golden minarets and blue domes are reflected in the green trees and blue sky.

At that time, Kari Pasha, as the designer of the city, will earn honor for Turkey while being famous all over the world, so that those Arabs who say that they can govern the city can see that the city is not something they can manage, they will Like the nomads thousands of years ago, they finally surrendered to this beautiful and splendid city.

In Kari Pasha's heart, the construction of such a beautiful city had an impact on the Arabs, even more than a few divisions. However, the war changed everything, at least changing the reconstruction of the city. After Turkey declared war on Britain and France, especially after China's declaration of war on Turkey, steel, cement, glass The source of building materials such as glass is cut off. Without building materials and architects from Britain, France and Italy, the city can only exist on drawings and models.

"May Allah bless and kill the damn infidels!"

Thinking of the infidels, especially China's sudden declaration of war and the invasion of Baghdad Province, Karipsha prayed in his heart that compared with the army in the central region of Turkey, the army in Baghdad Province is very limited, but there are only a few divisions, and this limited force has to suppress the Arab uprising and block it. The invasion of the [***] team can be said to have been in a state of exhaustion for a long time, and just yesterday, he transferred one of the only two divisions in his hand to the south to block the attack of the [***] team.

"Pagans, infidels, must not let the army of pagans trample on this sacred land!"

Kari Pasha muttered in his mouth that this was a staffman's proposal to incite those Arabs to resist the infidels, but it was not easy. After Mohammed V succeeded as the sultan, Turkey's power was concentrated in the "Big Three", and they practiced Great Turkishism internally and disbanded. All non-Turkish political organizations have abolished the majority of the seats of Arab representatives in the imperial parliament. All these policies of the Young Turks have led Arab nationalists to part ways with them. The current small-scale uprising of Arabs is the chiefs and dignitaries of Arab provinces who rebel against Turkey. It is clear that they are ready to use violence to build a fully readable Arab country.

In this case, how can we use the Arabs, just like when the Ottoman Empire was founded, to use the Arabs against the infidels, thus establishing the Ottoman Turkic Empire, unless there is another "jihad" and a "jihad" against the infidels.

"Lord Pasha!"

Entering the large balcony of Pasha, Akjol bowed respectfully.

"Akjol!"

He raised his chin slightly and lowered his head. Kari Pasha's face was full of aristocratic arrogance. Although Akyor was his staff, in his eyes, he was just a servant.

"Your Excellency, according to your request, I wrote this article."

When he held the article to Cari Pasha with both hands, Aqjol had a charming smile on his face.

"Well, let me have a look!"

Jihad, any jihad is often based on religion as an excuse. In Kari's view, the jihad he is going to launch is also based on religion as an excuse. Aqyor has served as a counselor in the Embassy in China. He has a good understanding of China. That's why he entrusted him to write an article about the number of Chinese people. The sins of those infidels.

"Historically, since the seventh century A.D., the glory of Allah has shone in the northwest of China. Millions of Muslims live in China's Xinjiang province, and almost every province in China has Muslims, but in the past eight years, he Our political axes closed the domestic mosque school, and the rebellious imam was imprisoned in the labor camp by the army... In order to cut off their contact with God spiritually, they banned the so-called minors from entering the mosque or the scriptures in the form of law, requiring all children to be sent to the political axe school to study, where, It is illegal for anyone to preach Islamic teachings. Students' worship or learning scriptures will be severely punished. In order to protect the teachings of Allah, thousands of maim secretly founded a scripture school, but they suppressed the secret scriptures by extremely cruel means. The scriptureists will be beaten to death by the army and send their children to study scriptures. The family will be deprived of custody and the parents will be put in prison..."

Looking at the article in his hand, Kari Pasha frowned from time to time. All this was not news. In fact, he had read similar reports as early as a few years ago. After the Pan-Turkish Turkish Al-Shabaab came to power, he even protested because they had pushed down the mosque that accepted minors. After all, in their opinion, Xinjiang is also a part of the Turks.

And China's political axe didn't even pay attention to the Turkish protest. At that time, officials of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not even accept the protest. Their reason was very simple. It was China's internal affairs. The next day, a news appeared in the Chinese newspaper. Overnight, more than 500 mosques were violated. The French mission to minors was closed, the temple was demolished by explosion, and even 500 imams were sentenced to death by the military court for sedition.

After the newspaper on that day was sent to the Turkish Embassy in China by the form of an official letter from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey no longer pointed out on the same issue. The tough attitude of the Chinese people in that position is not questionable by outsiders, and it is also not allowed to be interfered by outsiders. For this reason, they even closed down. Turkish Consulate in Dihua.

"This is not enough! It's far from enough. Russians and Europeans do the same thing. We need to emphasize the differences between Chinese people. Well, Chinese people should be the same as Mongolians. They come here to slaughter and plunder!"

Throwing away the article casually, Kari Pasha shouted dissatisfiedly.

"Akhail, look at this city, this city, which is extremely glorious in history. It was once the capital of the Arab Empire and was destroyed by the Mongols. We want to emphasize this point. We want to tell those people how those Cafers massacred believers in China. Well, they don't ask for all Do the Han people who believe in Islam change their beliefs? We want to tell everyone that they used butcher knives to force those people to change their faith! Didn't they rename the cities in Xinjiang? That is to say, they slaughtered one religious city after another, and then moved a large number of Han people away. That is to say..."

At this moment, a strange roar in the air interrupted his words. Karipsha, who was standing on the balcony, hurriedly raised her head and looked into the air.

(to be continued)