1890 King of Southeast Asia

On July 26, the Arab Ranger Brigade arrived at the outskirts of Abres City and was stubbornly blocked.

"Quick! Artillery!" Faris shouted loudly with a six-fold telescope.

Through his telescope, he could see a team of more than 100 cavalrymen being chased by cavalrymen more than ten times their own.

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Boom!

boom!

An Arab Ranger regiment is equipped with 9 2mm mountain cannons, two regiments with 18, and as for the brigade headquarters... it is still performing search (plunder) missions in the Mesopotamian plains.

Shells kept flying out, but did not cause much damage to the enemy's cavalry.

"Send someone to support and move closer to the main force." Hakim looked at the effect of the artillery and stopped the artillery immediately.

Small and medium-caliber artillery does not cause much damage to cavalry, especially light cavalry, unless it covers the enemy before they run.

The two teams of Arab Rangers rushed out quickly, shooting while riding, with decent accuracy.

"Prepare for defense!" Faris put down the telescope and spit.

The two cavalry regiments had a total of more than 2,000 people, but there were 5,000 horses, all contributed by Arabs.

But even if there were enough horses, they couldn't ride all the time. Horses could bear it, but people couldn't bear it, so the Arab Rangers arrived at Abres on the 26th.

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Then.

They got into trouble.

Faris sent a cavalry company to launch a tentative attack to see if he could lure out some brainless things, but he didn't expect more than a thousand people to come out at once.

The Arab Rangers ran away, and the Mesopotamian cavalry chased them. For a while, the Arab Rangers were stuck.

"Damn, how many cavalry do they have?" Faris cursed.

In addition to the more than 1,000 cavalry chasing them, more than 1,000 cavalry just ran out of Abres, with a total of more than 2,000 people, equivalent to the total number of Arab Rangers.

Now, they are in trouble.

Just now, two more cavalry companies were sent out, and a total of three cavalry companies were stuck. If they rescued, the whole army would have to be dispatched. If something happened, the whole army would be wiped out.

If they didn't rescue, they would lose 20% of their troops by making a tentative attack, and they wouldn't have to fight later.

"Machine gun? Machine gun ready! Suppress those bastards with firepower." Hakim suddenly remembered the machine gun.

The horses were running, and they couldn't distinguish between friend and foe at present. Artillery could only leave enough surplus, and the lethality was very low, but machine guns could be fired more boldly.

Because they disliked machine guns, which were not as powerful as artillery, and were not light in weight, and had to be filled with water when used, the Arab Rangers did not equip many.

Faris's regiment had two, and Hakim's regiment had five, a total of seven machine guns, and they quickly made design preparations - using sandbags to press down the tripod.

"Pay attention to the enemy's position, and sweep in an arc." The only machine gun sergeant of the Arab Ranger Regiment instructed.

Boom, boom, boom...

The dull sound of the Maxim heavy machine gun sounded, and a metal whip swept towards the Mesopotamian cavalry.

Thump, plop...more than a dozen unlucky cavalrymen fell off their horses in an instant.

Then the second, the third...

Finally, seven metal whips swept back and forth, and the Mesopotamian offensive stagnated.

The sudden fall of hundreds of people made the Mesopotamian cavalry feel scared.

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Boom, boom...

The Arab Ranger Regiment is mainly equipped with Nanhua's second-line equipment, such as the Maxim heavy machine gun. After retiring from the Nanhua Army as the second line, some were allocated to the Ranger Regiment.

The Maxim machine gun is very heavy and inconvenient to move. The whole body structure is complex, with many parts, and it is very troublesome if there is a problem; during the shooting process, water must be added continuously, and the water vapor formed by the water flow will also block people's vision.

But the Maxim has a great advantage, so that it will be the mainstream weapon for the next thirty or forty years-as long as there is water, it can be used all the time.

Boom boom boom...

The Mesopotamian cavalry was finally scared, leaving behind more than 200 corpses and fleeing to the east of Abris City.

"Leave the damage light, capture the live people for confession, we need detailed information about the enemy." Faris scratched his head.

After a while, the staff officer came with intelligence and a list of losses.

"We lost a total of 230 guns and more than 190 people..." said the staff officer.

"A bunch of stupid cowards..." Faris supported his forehead, even the guns were lost, is this considered a rout?

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"We captured two live people, and after interrogation, this is the detailed intelligence." The staff officer simply gave the intelligence directly to Faris.

"Take a look." Faris read it twice, and finally handed the intelligence to Hakim with an unbelievable face.

"Muhazaye, Grunadan, Zigzis... People from so many places are gathered here?" Hakim's expression was very strange.

These are the towns they have searched or looted. They have not seen any enemy except civilians, but now they have found them here.

"We have done a great job..." Faris touched his head in confusion.

"So, there are at least 50,000 or 60,000 people in this city?" Hakim nodded, and then he was a little confused.

More than 2,000 people, against 50,000 or 60,000 people, including the elite of Mesopotamia, no matter how they fight, they feel that they have no chance of winning.

"Report to the headquarters, the whole army retreats ten kilometers and switches to defense." Faris looked at Hakim.

"No! The whole army switches to defense on the spot, call the headquarters to airdrop ammunition supplies." Hakim thought more.

As long as the Arab Ranger Regiment gets the main merit in this matter and successfully obtains airdrop support, the possibility of integrating into the newly established Arab division after the war will be greater.

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Although he is unlikely to be the head of the regiment, his identity will change from an Arab Ranger officer to a South China Army officer-he values ​​the latter more.

Faris also understood it at once, but was a little worried about the attack of the Mesopotamians. He was finally persuaded by Hakim and the message was passed to the headquarters.

Wang Xu only thought about it for a little while and agreed to the plan.

"If the plan succeeds, we will eat up 40,000 to 50,000 of them. Together with the enemies around Basra, we will eliminate 1/3 of their forces and can deal with it more calmly." Wang Xu said.

Theoretically, the number of combat soldiers in Nanhua and Mesopotamia is not much different, and Mesopotamia also needs to defend various towns, so the manpower should be more scarce.

But! This only counts the people with guns in Mesopotamia, and they also have a group of cannon fodder with scimitars and spears.

It is precisely because of this group of cannon fodder running around that the effectiveness of Nanhua Air Force reconnaissance is greatly reduced - the result of the reconnaissance is that there are enemies everywhere...

"Issue orders to all units, and the airship brigade will immediately return to the landing field and prepare to carry out the bombing mission.

Order the 5th Brigade and the 7th Brigade to immediately move closer to Abres, and the 11th Division and the 2nd Arab Division to slowly attack the periphery of Basra and exert pressure." Wang Xu gave the order.

As long as the enemies in Abres are solved, the situation will immediately become clear, and the two brigades that are freed up can better perform the task of division and encirclement.