Just when the Far East Army entered the control area of the Kingdom of Nejd and launched an invisible encirclement, there were many events going on at the same time. Among them, the news of the British army's large-scale invasion of the Kingdom of Hejaz was widely spread in the capital of the Ottoman Empire, and the news of Edward VII
An extraordinary meeting was held in London.
But no one can control the development of the matter, not even Edward VII, the king of the first empire on which the sun never sets, because in the meeting he held, two of the three British ministers did not agree to stop the ongoing process.
The reasons for military actions are the interests of the empire.
This made Edward VII unable to utter a single rebuttal as he was being squeezed out. After all, the interests of the empire were above all else, and the king was unable to object to this, so the meeting was in a stalemate, and the chain reaction caused by this matter was
spread.
Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire almost cried with joy after receiving the news, because his ally the British finally took action. In order to cooperate with the escalation of the situation, Hamid II immediately ordered without hesitation that the people who had just arrived from
Five reorganized armies were drawn from the Balkans and devoted to the invasion campaign.
At this time, Hamid II was completely mad and did not care about the deployed army. It was currently in a state of exhaustion, but it still put pressure on the Kingdom of Hejaz that was defending on the northern front, so there were no more troops to deploy.
Dule Azzi naturally found Kong Xiaoping, the person in charge of the Far East Group in the Middle East.
Kong Xiaoping also reported the matter to Li Ningyu. He, who had been paying close attention to the development of the situation in the command vehicle, immediately held an impromptu discussion meeting.
Currently, the Far East Group has a total strength of eight field divisions in Saudi Arabia, plus logistics support and a naval fleet, totaling more than 90,000 people. The Far East Group's current troop deployment is divided into three parts. The one led by Li Ningyu personally
There are three field divisions in part, all of which have entered the Kingdom of Najd area. Two field divisions are stationed in the border city of Oshela, and the other three field divisions are in the Kingdom of Hijaz area.
In addition to several combat staff officers, there were also senior colonel commanders of three field divisions and staff at the chief of staff level at the discussion. Li Ningyu, according to his own habit, naturally let everyone speak first and put forward their own opinions, but the basic meaning of everyone was
They are all the same, that is, if the British army continues to approach, it is inevitable to be attacked from both sides. Only the two reserve field divisions of Oshela can be added to help the Kingdom of Hejaz.
Only then can it be possible to withstand the attacks from the north and south lines of defense, and immediately and proactively launch counterattacks against the two lines of defense, defeating the enemy's fierce attacks, demoralizing the enemy, and boosting one's own military morale.
Everyone's opinions seemed to be expected by Li Ningyu, but he still had some doubts. It was very easy to give the order to launch a full-scale combat counterattack. Li Ningyu only needed to use his words, but some things would completely change.
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So after discussing for about an hour, Li Ningyu finally chose to stand at a balance point, so he ordered: "Notify Kong Xiaoping that all the northern defense forces will be put into battle, and the Ottoman troops on the northern front must be
Call back within three days!”.
"Order! The 4th Corps stationed in O'Shea, go to the southern defensive position at full speed for reinforcements, and guard the last line of defense in the Leith area on the southern front!"
As Li Ningyu issued the two orders, the combat staff in the command car became busy, but he then said to everyone in the command car: "The direction of development of things now has exceeded our plan, so there are some things
We still need to adapt, so in an hour, all the troops will march towards the city of Riyadh at full speed. Okay, let's get ready!"
After saying the last order, Li Ningyu waved his hand to indicate that everyone could leave. After hearing his order, everyone present could not help but be stunned for a moment, and then everyone suddenly understood what Li Ningyu meant.
, they all got up and said goodbye and left.
As the situation developed step by step, Li Ningyu had to stop some things. Although he wanted to find the enemy hiding in the dark first, he had to know that in the Western Theater of the Far East Group, almost all mobile forces were currently deployed.
Now, it is impossible to increase the number of troops.
Now that we have declared war on the Ottoman Empire, we might as well break things off completely. If we wait, there is no telling how things will change.
Li Ningyu's previous idea was to fight a beautiful victory after declaring war with the Ottomans in the Far East, which would be a head-on blow to the Ottoman Empire and Hamid II, and then negotiate with Edward VII to prevent the Far East from using troops in the Middle East.
After all, the military strength in the Western Theater Command is currently seriously insufficient.
Especially at this time, the Far East had just concluded its campaign in Asia, and the armies in the Far East and East theaters were in the process of taking over French colonies and controlled areas in various parts of Africa.
But with the sudden landing of the British army, bypassing the first line of defense in the south, and the problems revealed in this incident, Li Ningyu immediately changed his previous combat plan and deployment, but he understood a problem,
Neither the Far East Group nor the Hejaz Kingdom could afford to fight on two fronts, so he still needed to borrow another force, and that was the German Empire, William II.
Iraq was a colony of the Ottoman Empire in its early days. This country is located in southwest Asia, northeast of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders many countries. It is currently controlled by two major forces, one is the British Empire and the other is the German Empire.
However, Britain and Germany only established their own control areas in Iraq and did not know that this country has the third largest crude oil reserves in the world, second only to Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Iraq has a population of about 31 million, of which Arabs make up three-quarters of the total population. The common language is Arabic. Islam is also the state religion. Almost 95% of the people in the country believe in Islam, but Islam is also divided into
Because of Shiites and Sunnis, the Iraqi region has been in a state of instability for a long time. Britain and Germany also took the opportunity to arouse dissatisfaction between the two factions and benefit from it, so riots of varying degrees often occurred in the Iraqi region.
In the 16th century, Iraq was ruled by the Ottoman Empire. At the end of the 19th century, it fell into the divided mandate of Britain and Germany. Under the armed intervention of Britain and Germany, Iraq established the Faisal Dynasty, and Germany also carved out approximately 100,000 acres of land.
A nominally autonomous dynasty was established in one-third of the area.
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