1890 King of Southeast Asia

"The information given by that idiot is somewhat different from the information we have, and the location of the warehouse has basically changed." Huang Zhengfang sat at the table, spread out his map, and placed it on the Ottoman map.

On the table was a map that the Ottomans had not taken away in time, but there was not much information that could be used, and the credibility of the things left by the enemy was questionable.

Huang Zhengfang promised 20,000 pounds, which is 100,000 Chinese yuan. It was not a small amount, but compared to so much information, it was cheap.

Mustafa was led into a ditch by Huang Zhengfang, and he was thinking about dragging others into the water. As long as everyone rotted together, he would not be the main person responsible.

Don't think it's outrageous. Similar things have happened many times, especially in the two "bears" Qing Empire and the Ottoman Empire in Asia.

For high-level feudal nobles, the victory or defeat of the war is far less important than the power struggle between factions, and the factional struggle is not as important as the interests of the nobles themselves.

"You also said that Mustafa is a fool. Can he really know so much information? From the markings on the map, except for the warehouse next to the headquarters, we have made mistakes in everything else."

"We can't make up our minds about this matter. It may affect the progress of the entire battle. Let's report it to the division headquarters!"

The chief of staff compared the locations marked on the original military map. That was the intelligence found by the intelligence department and the first reference for them to arrange combat tasks.

"I will have someone send the map to the division headquarters later. Have the results of the battle been counted? Submit it together with the battle report, and then we will rest for a while."

"If this map is submitted, we can't fight today."

Huang Zhengfang loosened his collar to take a look, took out a cigarette and lit it.

"So far, we have killed more than 1,000 enemy soldiers and captured more than 6,300. We haven't had time to count the wounded."

"In addition, we are maintaining several encirclements. It is roughly estimated that tens of thousands of Ottomans are trapped in the encirclements. It is only a matter of time to eliminate them."

"We have seized more than 11,000 65-caliber guns, 20 machine guns, 47 artillery pieces of various calibers, hundreds of tons of ammunition, more than 3,000 livestock, half of which are horses and half are camels."

"In addition, there are more than a dozen warehouses for medicines, food, clothes and shoes. The Ottomans basically did not move them. The only consumption was caused by bombing."

"For more details, we will know after the battle, but this time the seizure is quite rich, and the pressure on food and medicine supply has been greatly reduced."

Speaking of this, the chief of staff became excited.

The captured rifles cannot be used. The guns used by the Ottomans all shoot 65*53 mm rifle bullets, and the ammunition cannot be used universally. In addition, the Chinese Army is not short of rifles.

However, machine guns and artillery can be used to make do, which can reduce some logistical pressure. This pressure is not obvious at present, but as the battle line becomes longer and longer, the transportation capacity of a single railway must be very tight.

The biggest gain of this battle is more than 3,000 livestock. Livestock is also transportation capacity, which can not only transport goods but also people.

Then there are food and medicine. The quantity of medicine is not large, but the medicine that the Ottomans are preparing to supply to an army is more than enough for the Ninth Brigade.

There is also food. The Ottomans prepared a month's worth of military rations for an army. Until the Third Division comes up, there is no need to transport food for the time being, and the transportation capacity can be freed up to transport other things.

"Why are there less than 20,000 people?" Huang Zhengfang looked at the chief of staff in surprise.

An army has at least 40,000 people, but the Ninth Brigade has only annihilated more than 7,000 people and surrounded 10,000 people.

"This army is already an empty shell. Judging from the interrogation of prisoners and the roster of captured items, this army has about 30,000 people on the list, but only more than 24,000 in reality. The rest are just empty-handed soldiers."

"At most, only 5,000 or 6,000 people have escaped, not too many."

"There is nothing we can do about it. We only have one brigade. We have to attack while managing prisoners, protect railways, and receive warehouses. We are seriously short of manpower after all this."

The chief of staff knew that Huang Zhengfang was worried that too many people would escape, and that they would reorganize in the rear and set up a new defense line, which would greatly delay the progress of the war.

"Empty shell, then is what Mustafa said true or false?" Huang Zhengfang began to doubt whether Mustafa's words were credible after hearing that this was an empty-handed division.

After all, he was a person who could do such a thing.

"This... Anyway, it has been obtained, let the higher-ups worry about it! We are so far away, there is no way to investigate." The chief of staff shook his head.

"Okay, I hope Mustafa didn't lie, otherwise I'll make him know what regret is even in prison!" Huang Zhengfang thought about it. The chief of staff was right. When they got the map, it was not something they could decide.

Wrong intelligence means that there are loopholes in the plan made before the war. Even the intelligence leak has been discovered. It is possible that the Ottomans have made preparations for this.

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Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is located at the junction of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. It is one of the busiest straits in the world. There are as many ships passing through the Suez Canal as there are ships passing through here.

Theoretically, when Britain handed over Yemen to the South China Empire, the South China Empire gained partial control of this important strait in the world.

However, in order not to stimulate the British glass heart and the lag in the development of Yemen, no other naval forces were deployed here except for some Chinese patrol boats.

Patrol boats are also set up to prevent pirates. This is the busiest waterway in the world. It is located between two traditionally poor regions, Africa and Arabia. The problem of pirates has a long history.

In addition, in the years since the acquisition of Yemen, except for the army, Nanhua has not exerted any other forces here until today.

"Senior, at an altitude of 3,500 meters, naval aviation student Qiu Dejiang is holding a huge telescope and searching the sea surface.

"Where is it?" Hu Feng, who was flying the plane, turned his head and glanced at the direction Qiu Dejiang was looking at.

This is the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. During the war, the fleet was huge and the difference between the ships.

"That's our target. Four warships are sandwiched with a cargo ship. The characteristics are too obvious. There is no mistake."

"It's right in front of us. Fly forward and lower a little, senior, you can see it. "

Qiu Dejiang wanted to hand the telescope to Hu Feng, but suddenly remembered that he was flying a plane. Although he could use the telescope with one hand, it was not in compliance with flight regulations.

It was fine to mess around with classmates at ordinary times. Hu Feng was not only their senior, but also an assistant teacher. He usually taught many flight courses. It seemed not good to violate school rules in front of the teacher?

"Give me the telescope. People are alive. Under the condition of ensuring safety, you don't have to be stubborn." Hu Feng controlled with his left hand, stretched his right hand back, and stared at the instrument.

"Yes! Here." Qiu Dejiang was a little nervous when he heard this, like a child caught doing bad things.

"That's our target. Go down and say hello to them." After seeing clearly, Hu Feng returned the telescope to Qiu Dejiang, and then pressed the joystick, and the plane drew an arc and flew down.

"Oh~~! Cough! !" The acceleration brought by the rapid decrease in altitude made Qiu Dejiang feel particularly excited. He couldn't help but yell, and then he remembered that Hu Feng was still there.

"Scream if you want to. If I hadn't taught you to fly, I would have wanted to scream too. "Hu Feng was startled at first, then laughed.

Qiu Dejiang just pulled his lips awkwardly, and wanted to shrink.

"I'll take you to play something exciting." Looking at the sun, moon and stars flag that was already clearly visible, Hu Feng suddenly said.

"What?" Qiu Dejiang was still immersed in embarrassment and didn't react to what Hu Feng meant.

"I hope you sit tight!" Hu Feng pushed the joystick hard, and at the same time pulled the throttle to the maximum, the plane roared down, and the speed continued to increase.

However, due to the high density of low-altitude air and the wind on the sea, the speed of the plane did not exceed 300 kilometers per hour-this made Hu Feng a little regretful.

"Ha! Huoh~~" Qiu Dejiang screamed like a monkey, his face full of excitement.

"Senior, many people on the boat greeted us just now. "Qiu Dejiang's face was flushed with excitement.

Just now, the plane flew over the edge of the fleet at an altitude of more than 20 meters. What does this mean? The height of the main mast of the cruiser.

Qiu Dejiang dared to guarantee that the plane was no more than 50 meters away from the cruiser just now, and he could see the faces of the crew members clearly!

Fifty meters, even if the speed of the ship going in the opposite direction is not counted, only the plane with a speed of nearly 300 kilometers per hour flies 83.3 meters per second, and this distance is less than one second.

"This is flying, exciting, right?" Hu Feng said with a smile on his face.

"When your skills are mature in the future and you can fly by yourself, there will be plenty of opportunities." Hu Feng advised to study.

Qiu Dejiang just scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly. His flying skills were okay, and he was in the upper middle class among his classmates, but he had problems taking off and landing on an aircraft carrier.

He was scared!

"Okay, I've said hello to them, let's go back first! "Hu Feng took a look at the fleet, pulled up the joystick, turned and flew southeast.

After seeing the coastline, he flew south along the coastline until he reached the exit of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, then turned east.

Half an hour later, Hu Feng finally saw the Suirenshi.

Bang!

Squeak~~

The plane landed successfully and turned off the engine. Hu Feng climbed out and asked Qiu Dejiang and the ground crew to check the status of the plane together. He ran to the island.

"Commander, we found the fleet. They just entered the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. There are many ships and they are moving a little slowly." Hu Feng said to Yang Boning who was smoking leisurely.

"Just entered the strait?" Yang Boning glanced at the sky. The sun was shining brightly. Is it a good day?

"Where is it roughly?"

"Here." Hu Feng thought for a while and pointed roughly.

"About 160 to 170 nautical miles. It will be night when they arrive. "

"The entire fleet is resting. We can still enjoy the leisure time for ten hours. After that, we must maintain combat status until we return home. Don't let us down."

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