"...The process of advancing to the Persian Gulf was relatively smooth. We were all victorious along the way, and the Indians set up one blocking line after another in front of us, with a total of eleven, but they were all broken through by the brave Americans. They are the best soldiers in the world!

However, the Indians' attacks at all costs delayed our advancement speed, which also made some problems with our cooperation with the navy and landing forces. When the landing fleet arrived in the Gulf of Oman on May 15, 1935, we were still two days away from the Persian Gulf. As the plane and Marines reconnaissance found that the enemy's troops were empty and the defense was lax, Admiral Ernestkin discussed with Lieutenant General Fredendor and decided to start the landing operation before our army arrived in the Persian Gulf. Seizing Ras Khaimah and Geshm Island, opening the fleet's access to the Persian Gulf. But no one expected that the Persian Gulf combat was a huge death trap!" - The above was excerpted from Lieutenant General Stilwell's memoir "Wrong War".

In the early morning of May 16, 1935, an unprecedentedly powerful fleet covered hundreds of transport ships, landing ships, minesweepers, and tankers covered the entire Gulf of Oman like floating cities. The British-American joint fleet arrived in the Gulf of Oman last night. The entire fleet spent several hours setting up landing formations in the night. The minesweepers went to the front line and used moonlight and searchlight lighting to clear out several channels for landing ships and transport ships to pass. Then the light cruisers and destroyers with shallow drafts sailed to Ras Khaimah and

In the shallow waters near Gershm Island, they used their small and medium caliber naval guns to bombard coastal targets and searched over and over again on the sea surface for any other torpedo speedboat lurking. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the sea, several large landing ships began to release landing craft. This special small ship was first invented by the Japanese Red Navy. The boat's bow was equipped with a springboard that could be opened and closed, and it could quickly deploy landing troops. The landing craft equipped by the US and British Navy is called the "Shinkins Boat", which can transport 36 fully armed soldiers or 3,600 kilograms of supplies from the transport ship to the ashore.

Seeing hundreds of "Shinkins boats" slowly sailing towards the beach with Baise's waves, Admiral Ernestkin and Lieutenant General Fredendor on the New York battleship were both hearts in their throats. Although they were the first time to command a large landing operation, they still knew the basic common sense. Now is the most dangerous moment in the entire landing operation. Those landing crafts that slowly move on the sea are large targets. As long as a battalion of Soviet 122mm cannons are mounted on the high ground outside the opposite beach, it will take only 10 minutes to drive the sea.

Half of the landing boats on the surface! The Marines on the boats were all loaded with dozens of kilograms, and once they fell into the water, it would be difficult to survive - the United States has already paid too much life on the battlefields of the Middle East. Now in Syria, Lebanon and Trans-Jordan, thousands of Americans have lost their lives or been seriously injured every day. In more than two months of war, the United States has paid more than 250,000 young lives. This number is almost twice as many as in World War I! Don't become the second incinerator of American life here in the Persian Gulf...

At this time, an Indian Red Army artillery observation post on the beach highland of Cape Khaimah was also observing these landing crafts full of US and British Marines. Ernestkin and Fredendor imagined a-19/m-1931 122mm cannon guarding the Indian Red Army. This expensive cannon is not common in the Soviet Red Army army. Only the first-level artillery regiment of the army will be equipped with a battalion, which is specifically responsible for long-range fire strikes. The entire Indian Red Army Middle Eastern Front has no one.

However, they deployed 6 152mm howitzers, 12 122mm howitzers and 24 field guns behind the hillside outside the Khaimah Beach. In addition, an Indian Red Army Infantry Division was deployed on the high ground outside the beach. Although in the Middle East Front's plan, Ras Khaimah and Geshm Island were both to be abandoned, it would not be possible to abandon them without fighting. This is the key point in defending the Strait of Hormuz and the gateway to the entire Persian Gulf. If there is no one to guard it, it would be too unusual. So even if the combat plan to lure the enemy into depth, Buluhell still set up an infantry division and a gun group in Ras Khaimah. An infantry regiment was set up on Geshm Island.

"Go up, go up! It seems that there is no defense here, we have successfully launched a surprise attack!" From the telescope's lens, he saw that the landing boats rushing in the front had already approached the beach, Admiral Ernestkin couldn't help but shout. Although this was already a dignified admiral and had participated in the Spanish-American War and World War I, it was the first time he went to the battlefield with real swords and guns! That's why he shouted excitedly.

At present, the equipment level of the US team can be said to be world-class...at least in terms of quantity, first-class training level, and relatively high quality of soldiers. The only weakness is probably that they lack combat experience. They didn't fight well in the last World War. This time, they were a spectator for more than two years - they only fought two major naval battles with the Japanese in the Pacific, and they were defeated. Oahu, the main island of the Hawaiian Islands, is still surrounded by the Japanese army.

Before Ernestkin's shouting fell, someone suddenly started to scream in his ear: "Blasting! Bombing!"

At the same time, the British and American Marines who had just jumped off the beach from the bow of the "Shinkins Boat" and were wading forward, heard the sharp whistling sound of shells coming from the air! Before they could come back to their senses, dozens of water columns were already stirred up on the sea surface. The sea water and tiny shrapnel hit the heads of the Marines who were still moving forward with difficulty in the knees, and immediately swept down large areas of British and American soldiers.

There was a burst of English screams suddenly sounded on the entire landing field. These Marines, who were called elite among the British and American ground forces, were in panic when they were hit by a sudden blow. The enemy's artillery had already opened fire, and the first round of shooting was so accurate. Are they still hopeful of survival, such as the Marines who were destined to have only advance but not retreat? And they don't even have a place to hide now!

The second and third rounds of the Indian Red Army artillery were soon arrived. It was dawn. The British and American carrier-based aircraft had not yet taken off, and the naval guns of their warships could not hit the Indian artillery positions deployed on the back of the hillside. So now is the time for these cannons to exert all their power! A shell hit a sailing landing craft, smashing the 36 US Marines on the boat and the "Shinkins Boat" to pieces! Several shells exploded above the heads of the landing troops, forming a terrible air explosion. The spilled shell fragments would have just landed on the beach. Before they could disperse, the Marines who had hit a large area, and the screams suddenly rang on the beach. At this moment, the machine guns on the Indian position ambushed on the high ground near the beach also began to eject flames.

"Hurry, hurry up, rush forward, don't stay on the beach!" Several British officers who had participated in the battle in India reacted first, shouting and waving their arms, allowing their subordinates to fight back with the machine gun fire from the Indian Red Army from the distant high ground. At the same time, British and American cruisers and destroyers on the sea also fired guns and fired at the high ground occupied by the Indian army, and waves of landing crafts on the sea continued to transport the subsequent troops ashore.

The beach and the sea surface suddenly became a group, and the US and British Allied forces seemed to have to go through a bloody battle in the Persian Gulf!

...

"The latest battle report of the Allied Middle East Theater Command has been reported. The British and American joint fleet launched a landing battle on Ras Angeles Khaimah and Gershm Island in Linchen this morning. They originally wanted to take advantage of the darkness to print and save people by surprise. As a result, the other party was prepared and deployed artillery positions on the back of the hillside of Ras Angeles Khaimah. As soon as the British and American landing troops arrived ashore, they were violently bombarded. The specific casualties are still unclear..." Ma Buqing frowned and said to Lin Zuoda, who was leaning over on the map platform to study the latest situation of the three parties in the enemy, our friends and friends, and the abstract of the battle report was extremely serious. Although the current situation was basically in line with Lin Zuoda's previous analysis, the British and American Allies were in trouble on the battlefield in the Middle East, and the Indian Asans showed their power under the command of a vote of Soviet military strategists. However, these red Asans were the mortal enemies of the Caliphate after all, and the conflict between the two sides could not be reconciled.

If Britain and the United States rule the Middle East, the Caliph might be able to serve as puppets for those Western colonists. If it were the Soviet Union and India to rule the Middle East, then the Caliph and himself, who believed in Allah and did not believe in GCism, would all be out of the way! What made people even more tingling is that the Indian Red Army has now crossed the Suez Canal and has already inserted the red flag into the pyramid! Maybe it will march towards the Port of Sudan tomorrow. Can the Caliph's only reliable base be maintained?

Ma Buqing thought about it and forgot to report the military situation. Lin Zuoda stood up and looked at him: "Zijing, is it gone?"

"And, there are some." Lin Zuo Dayi reminded. Ma Buqing continued to report: "... Zixiang (Ma Bufang) sent a telegram. They found a large number of Indian Red Army in Hureis east of Riyadh, with an estimated two armies. After discussing with General Stilwell and General Weiville, they decided to fight with this Indian army to avoid them from reinforcement of the defenders of Ras Khaimah. However, this time our armored cavalry division and American armored division did not need to take the lead. General Weiville decided to dispatch 6 British armored divisions to fight the vanguard. The commander-in-chief of the front was not Patton, but Lieutenant General Okinleke of the United Kingdom."

Lin Zuoda leaned down again and turned his eyes to Hurais, which Ma Buqing had just mentioned. There was a desolate desert, and there was no favorable terrain to defend. It should be the favorite terrain of the armored troops. The cunning Buluheer actually set up two armies of infantry there to prepare to fight with the British and American armored clusters. It looked like there was a conspiracy no matter how you looked!

He stood up and hugged his arms and thought for a while: "The Battle of Hureis should be the key to whether the Battle of the Middle East can be reversed. If Britain and the United States lose again, their Persian Gulf battle will probably not be able to continue. But I am not optimistic about Britain and the United States. It is our turn below. Zijing, the plan to attack Egypt can be prepared."

"General, why not?" Ma Buqing shook his head slightly, as if he didn't believe that Weville-Stilwell's cluster would be defeated. "Zixiang's telegram said that the six British armored divisions in Weville were still basically intact. Their tanks were not walking by themselves, but were dragged by large flatbed trucks. All 1,200 tanks of the six armored divisions were intact. The three American armored divisions also had more than 300 tanks that could be activated and self-propelled artillery. Our armored cavalry division also had 89 C-type tanks and 33 C-type self-propelled artillery to move. Such a powerful armored force is unlikely to be defeated by the two Indian armies, right?"

Seeing Ma Buqing doubting his judgment, Lin Zuoda snorted coldly: "We don't know Buluheer's trump card! Zijing, you don't really think that there are only a few million cannon fodder in the Middle East, right?" Ma Buqing said hesitantly: "General, what do you mean is Trotsky sending the tank army to the Middle East? But even if there are Soviet tank troops in the Middle East, there will not be many. Britain, the United States and us have a total of more than 1,000 tanks and self-propelled artillery, and their number is also large. There are 25 divisions..."

Lin Zuoda waved his hand and interrupted Ma Buqing: "Zijing, go and arrange a plane for me. I will go to Riyadh tonight and tell Ma Zixiang to arrange for someone to pick up the plane at Riyadh Airport, but don't say anything. I am using the identity of a military officer from the Chinese Embassy to the Arab Empire to be a spectator. By the way, you can arrange for Ma Zhongying to command the Guards Cavalry Division and the 5th Cavalry Division to Yemen and control the Gulf of Aden Protection Area."

"Gulf of Aden Protection Area? It seems to be under the control of the British!" Ma Buqing was stunned. The Gulf of Aden Protection Area in Yemen is a British colony and was previously "liberated" by the Soviet Red Army and was incorporated into the People's Republic of Yemen. However, after the Second Middle East Battle, the British took advantage of the opportunity of the Indian Middle East Front concentrating their troops and sent an Eastern fleet to escort thousands of British infantry to land in the Gulf of Aden. They took the place back again.

"I know it's a British colony." Lin Zuo Avenue: "But the British should evacuate soon."

...

At this time, in the combat room of the Stilwell cluster, there was a relaxing atmosphere. Although the overall situation of the British and American allies in the Middle East was very bad, their cluster was a succession of victory. Even the eight infantry divisions commanded by Stilwell were a winner in the offensive and defensive battles of Medina. They fought all the way from Jeddah Port and were not defeated, so the whole army was naturally full of confidence. Patton, who had broken through the obstacles and killed the generals all the way, was regarded as the god of war by the soldiers of the entire army. Wherever he went, he was greeted with admiration and awe. But such an invincible general refused to serve as the commander-in-chief of the armored assault forces at the just-concluded military meeting, and he also raised objections to the decisive battle plan of Stilwell and Wavelle at the meeting.

He believed that after Riya got the hands, the Wewell-Stilwell cluster had achieved most of its combat goals, and the initiative in the Middle East War returned to the hands of the British and American Allies. So now there is no need to take a risk of decisive battle, but should rest in Riyadh for a few days, repair the airport outside the city and the armored vehicles damaged along the way. After everything is ready, advance towards the Persian Gulf and join the landing British and American troops. This is the safest way of playing and is enough to reverse the current decline.

However, Stilwell did not think so. In his opinion, the United States and Britain now need greater victory and annihilate more Indian Red Army to prove their position in the world's anti-Soviet war! And he felt that the armored cluster jointly commanded by him and Weiville was very powerful. In his original words, it was so powerful that "even if the entire Indian Red Army is concentrated, it can be defeated, so we don't need to be afraid of any Indian army." Patton also proposed that the Soviet Union might send to the Middle East.

When the tank army was released, Stilwell still believed that 6 British armored divisions and 3 American armored divisions (he automatically ignored the armored divisions of the Caliphate Army) were enough to deal with all opponents. Even if there were several Soviet tank troops, they could not be opponents of more than a thousand British and American tanks! At the same time, the British General Weiville fully supported Stilwell's opinion and also took the initiative to say that Lieutenant General Okinlake could command 6 British armored divisions to take the lead. In this way, Patton, a small major general, naturally had nothing to say.

And just as Stilwell, Wavell and Okinlek were preparing for the next day's combat plan in the interim headquarters in Riyadh.

The British and American Allied forces succeeded in landing operations on Ras Khaimah and Gershm Island! Although the first wave of Marines landing in Ras Khaimah encountered a sudden bombardment of the Indian Red Army artillery group ambushed in the mountains near the coast, and then was stubbornly resisted by the Indian defenders. However, after dawn, the firepower and air superiority of the British and American fleets began to play a role, and waves of British and American Marines and Army officers and soldiers forced the beach with the support of superior sea and air firepower. Although the 23rd Infantry Division of the Indian Red Army in the defenders carried out tenacious resistance, they still suffered heavy casualties under the strong sea and air firepower of Britain and the United States. They had to evacuate Ras Khaimah with the cover of night that night and gave up the victory to the other side.

On the same day, the landing forces of the British and American Allied Forces also occupied Geshm Island, which belongs to the Persian People's Republic of China, and completely opened up the main throat of the Strait of Hormuz, which leads to the Persian Gulf. Admiral Ernestkin decided that the British and American joint fleet would enter the Persian Gulf in the early morning of May 17, 1935, and would launch a second landing war at the latest from May 19... (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!