Chapter 184 Defending the territory and opening the border
Chapter 1804 Defending the territory and opening up the territory
On March 25, Qaim, an important city in northwestern Iraq.
At six o'clock in the morning, An Yi's special plane landed at the military airport in the south of the city. Half an hour later, An Yi's motorcade entered the urban area of Qaim. Arabs wearing colorful cloaks gathered around the vehicle in groups and marched towards the vehicle. The dignified President of Nanhua State sells eggs, oranges, dates and other delicious foods.
Due to the hot climate in Arabia, social and trading activities here are mostly concentrated in the early morning and evening. An Yi never expected that when he entered the city in a refreshing way, he would be blocked by the people here. Shen Feng said , Lin Yaodong, Tang Fen and others all increased their vigilance and quickly covered An Yi's evacuation once they found that something was wrong.
However, the Arabs obviously don't know who An Yi is, and they still work tirelessly to sell their products in a language they can't understand. An Yi turned around and looked around, only to see that the city was full of broken tiles and ruins, and it was desolate. Eye-catching.
After driving for a while in the flow of people, the convoy was stopped by the military police on duty: the intersection of Kadoga Street in the west of the city was blocked by a destroyed and overturned Soviet tank, and the engineers were carrying out directional blasting.
An Yi curiously picked up the telescope and observed carefully. He heard a huge noise, and the "Matilda" II tank, which was obviously captured from the United Kingdom, seemed to be pulled by an invisible hand. It fell heavily into the garden in the middle of the street next to it. Thanks to the clever use of explosives by the engineers, the tank was blown right over and the tank was crouching in the garden, forming a unique urban scenery.
The motorcade continued to move forward and arrived at Gomudan Street in the west of the city.
Five hundred meters past this street is the border with Syria, so forts made of reinforced concrete can be seen everywhere. However, all the forts are now in a mess. Many of the barrels protruding from the forts have been severely deformed. They have obviously been passed through. It was an extremely hard battle.
On both sides of the avenue, there were burning vehicles everywhere, presenting a scene of chaos and destruction.
An Yi frowned. Although he knew that the Japanese army entrenched in Syria suddenly became bolder after joining the German and Turkish troops, and recently launched frequent provocations on the border from Dayhuk to Qayim. Offensive. However, he never expected that the other party would be so rampant and dare to cross the border to launch such a large-scale offensive. It seems that he had thought too much before. The villain will be rampant once he gets his way, and the attackers are always there. I am no longer thinking about taking back Iraq and the oil fields in Persia.
At this time, in the command room of the front army headquarters located by the Euphrates River in the north, tank group commander Ye Cheng was convening the generals of the First Tank Group Army for a campaign summary meeting.
Ye Cheng still doesn't know that An Yi has come to inspect the border in person. The news he got yesterday was that An Yi, Hu Jialin, and Huang Zhi were meeting in Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan, to discuss consolidating the borders within 500 kilometers of the Persian Gulf coastline. Regarding defense and security issues, it is expected that three Category B divisions will be airlifted from the country. At the same time, the establishment of provinces in the areas around the Persian Gulf has also been officially put on the agenda. The initial decision is to create a province in southern Iraq and the left bank of the Persian Gulf, Khuzestan and The right bank of the Persian Gulf is another province. It will imitate the domestic system and establish three-level administrative regions of province, city, and county. A special military control committee will be established, and townships and villages will be established below the county level to formally determine the administrative jurisdiction over this area.
In order to cope with the national self-determination that may be formulated during this visit, An Yi has accelerated the immigration to the newly recovered areas. The transport planes that returned from the Philippines, plus the number of transport airships that have exceeded 200, are flying almost every day.
Crossing the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, people are continuously sent to the West Indies, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf region, rapidly changing the population ratio.
At the end of the meeting, Ye Cheng made a concluding speech: "You drove the invading Japanese troops out of Qaim City so quickly, guaranteed the industrial and agricultural production in the western irrigation area of Iraq, and maintained the peace and stability of the border. You have made great contributions to this battle. In this battle, we
A total of more than 6,700 Japanese troops and Lanyin officers and soldiers were killed, and more than 400 armored combat vehicles and more than 100 artillery pieces were destroyed or captured. The political department is currently reviewing the results, and everyone's military medals are indispensable.
"However, now is not the time to rest. As the saying goes, I will not attack others unless they attack me. If others attack me, I will attack them. We must take the initiative and cross the Iraqi border to seize the Japanese troops in Abu Kamal, Sousse and Bur.
All bases in the Heim area will be eradicated! I ask everyone to do their best again to promote the great military power of our Anjia Army."
"Okay, if a good person offends me, I will offend him!"
An Yi was outside the low house and heard Ye Cheng's impressive counterattack declaration. He couldn't help but clapped his hands and applauded, then opened the door and walked into the room.
Hearing this familiar voice, the generals suddenly became commotion. Everyone in the headquarters war room stood at attention and were surprised to see An Yi walking in.
An Yi waved to everyone affectionately, and the generals suddenly woke up and responded enthusiastically with thunderous applause.
An Yi walked past Ye Cheng, Huang Hanqian, Peng Wanjun, Deng Shaoqi, Chen Bannian, An Ruoyi, Xiao Zonghua and other generals. When An Yi walked past him, every officer shook his head and stood straight.
Look at him, and then follow his movements with your eyes. Beside the huge sand table, more than a dozen staff officers also held their heads high and looked at An Yi with reverence.
An Yi stood still in front of the crowd and said emotionally:
"Thank you, my dearest brothers, for coming thousands of miles to this dry and hot Middle East for the sake of the motherland and the people. Everyone has suffered enough. Here, I salute you all!"
After speaking, An Yi solemnly gave a standard military salute to everyone.
When the generals saw it, tears filled their eyes immediately, as if someone was under unified command, and they couldn't help singing the Anjia Army's military song "Serving the Country with Loyalty":
"Wolf smoke rises, the mountains and rivers look north, the dragon flag rolls, the horse neighs, the sword is like frost... How many loyal brothers and sisters are buried in a foreign country, why would they die a hundred times to serve their country... The horse's hooves go south
, people look north... I am willing to defend the land and restore the borders, and the majestic China will let the four directions come to congratulate..."
An Yi's eyes were also wet. He knew that the brothers did not complain about him, because everyone had a simple ideal - to defend the land and open up frontiers. Isn't everything he is doing now comparable to the great achievements of the Han and Tang Dynasties? His voice
He said with some choking:
"I know the sacrifices of the brothers. Now everyone doesn't know the significance of our occupying this place, but I believe that in ten or twenty years, everyone will understand that today we are suffering here, and our descendants will suffer in the future."
You will endure less hardship, and history will remember your names. When the war is over, I will erect a Chinese monument at the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab River to record your great achievements for future generations to pass on through the ages!"
The headquarters was in a state of excitement. Since the establishment of the Anjia Army, An Yi, as the top decision-maker, has never made a mistake. Every soldier has blind confidence and admiration for An Yi. Hearing An Yi's words at this moment, his blood boiled. I feel like everything is worth it!
Ye Cheng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go back and get ready! Let's make it look good to the little ones, otherwise they won't know that the pot is made of iron!"
When the division and regiment commanders left the headquarters, they all saluted An Yi respectfully, and then returned to their respective units to prepare for the battle. Only An Yi's adjutant Shen Fengdao, tank front army commander Ye Cheng, and chief of staff were left in the headquarters. Huang Hanqian, Lieutenant General Peng Wanjun, Commander of the First Tank Army, Lieutenant General Deng Shaoqi, Deputy Army Commander, and Major General Zhou Li, Chief of Staff.
Several people came to the big sand table and listened to Ye Cheng's explanation of the battle situation.
"The Japanese army originally had a total of ten divisions in the Persian Gulf, eight of which were Lanyin divisions. In addition, they also had five independent infantry brigades organized into three brigades. The commander of the Indian Ocean Front, General Nakamura Kotaro, an old slicker, was in our When the Persian Gulf War was launched, troops were suddenly withdrawn from Khuzestan, the west coast of the Persian Gulf and southern Iraq, and then decisively led their troops south to Madagascar, while the remaining troops were withdrawn to the Syrian-Iraqi border in the north.
"So far, there are two Japanese regular divisions, four Lanyin divisions, and three independent infantry brigades stranded in Syria. The one who launched the attack on us this time was the 30th Regiment of the Japanese Second Division , the 9th Tank Battalion, the 6th Field Artillery Battalion and the 10th and 11th Lanyin Division.
"The Japanese army relies on the 26th German Motorized Infantry Division stationed in Raqqa. This motorized infantry division has a total of more than 16,000 people and is equipped with a total of 143 tanks, 422 armored vehicles, tank destroyers, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, 150 Heavy howitzers, 150 self-propelled howitzers, 150 self-propelled assault guns, 75 self-propelled assault guns, etc. are all equipped. In addition, a flying team is deployed in the Aleppo area. The Japanese army thinks that it can provoke the German army to fight with us through its own actions. It does not want to From beginning to end, the Germans did not send troops.
"This time the Japanese troops who invaded our country were basically wiped out. It can be said that stealing chickens and losing rice. However, in the Syrian border area, there is still a Japanese regiment, a tank brigade and a field artillery brigade further north. Mayadin and Busera, as well as an independent infantry brigade. This time we take the initiative to attack, just to completely cut off its exposed fangs so that it will not dare to be a bitch easily!"
An Yi was very satisfied and asked: "Are there enough food, ammunition and fuel? Is there anything else that I need to say hello to replenish?"
Ye Cheng replied with a smile: "There is no shortage of anything here, but the temperature is too high! The high-energy chocolate recently distributed to satisfy hunger during the war almost melted when I got it in my hand, and it cannot be preserved at all."
Seeing that An Yi was a little confused, he quickly explained further:
"At the end of January, with the construction of factories in West India starting one after another and the completion of the Afghan double-track railway, strategic materials transported from Siberia and Central Asia can be transported through this railway to the Karachi military port, and then sent to Persia by sea. The port city in the northern part of the Gulf is quickly transported to the front line by railways and inland shipping. Although there are many desert terrains in Iraq, the Euphrates and Tigris rivers have developed shipping. In addition, Persia is originally an oil industry and has a developed oil refining industry. So there is no problem with supplies."
An Yi felt relieved and said with a smile: "When the *** railway is opened to traffic in the middle of the year, the *** combat supplies can be transported out in time, and the situation will be even better. Now the Mingyang Provincial Railway and the Persian Gulf East Coast Railway are under construction
, when all lines are opened to traffic in two years, the Persian Gulf will truly belong to us!"
An Yi stayed in Qayim for two days. After the Austrian troops penetrated into Syria and successfully annihilated the Japanese army, he left with confidence. In the next ten days, An Yi inspected Syria, Turkey, Turkey, and Subo.
On the border, he personally visited the border posts to express condolences to the officers and soldiers, and ate and lived with the soldiers in the military camp.
On April 9, after receiving feedback from the British side that Churchill had left for the United States on a warship, An Yi took a special plane and transferred to Gibraltar, transiting through the Azores, and arrived in Washington, the capital of the United States, on April 10, officially starting
A state visit to the United States.
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