1890 King of Southeast Asia

Hans's last effort before surrendering was to burn important documents and code books, send the last telegram after surfacing with a signal, and then destroy the radio and code machine.

In the evening, the destroyer Zijingshan towed the U-boat through the Strait of Hormuz. Because it was getting dark, the British on the east coast of the Strait of Hormuz only saw the Chinese ship from a distance and then ignored it.

If they knew that the Chinese had caught a submarine, they would definitely ask for it madly. The British had suffered a great loss on the U-boat, but they had no way to deal with the submarine.

During World War I, in addition to the huge battleship fleet worthy of praise, Britain also had a huge destroyer fleet of hundreds of ships. In the four years of World War I alone, Britain built more than 200 destroyers.

Only part of these destroyers were built for fleet construction, and more were used for escort.

Destroyers are not patrol boats. They have ocean-going capabilities and high-speed navigation capabilities. In the navy of a weak country, destroyers are also an important force. For example, in a country like Thailand, new destroyers are the absolute main force.

Destroyers are cheaper than cruisers, but they are in large quantities! The British were forced to no avail by submarines, otherwise they would not have built so many destroyers, wasting resources and occupying manufacturing capabilities.

If a German submarine could be captured, or the latest submarine, it would definitely be of great help to the British anti-submarine and escort, and would greatly reduce the losses of the British.

However, this is not what Liu Ming wants to see. During this period before the war, the railway from Berlin to Basra was very busy...

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"Brigade commander, the division headquarters telegraphed, ordering us to stop advancing and station on the spot." The chief of staff saw Huang Zhengfang coming in and said to him.

"Stop advancing? What happened?" Huang Zhengfang was dusty, unbuttoned his coat and took it off, shaking it, and a gust of dust flew.

"The Ottomans are shrinking their defenses. The 16th and 19th Divisions are chasing them, but the speed of marching in the desert is affected by the terrain and it is difficult to speed up."

"The Ottomans, on the other hand, have fewer heavy equipment, more livestock such as camels and Arabian horses, and are shrinking backwards without having to consider logistics, so they move faster than the 16th Division."

"Our division has been smooth sailing all the way and has been disconnected from friendly forces. We can go further in one day along the railway than they can in three days."

"If we continue to advance as planned, we will run to the side and rear of the Ottomans, and before friendly forces catch up, there will be a big hole in our front line."

The chief of staff marked the latest positions of the attacking troops on the map for Huang Zhengfang. The 3rd Division of the 3rd Army is located on the eastern front, facing the 6th Army of the Ottoman Empire.

The 5th Army is facing the 4th Army of the Ottoman Empire on the western front. The strength of these two armies is similar, and their equipment is also similar.

The difference is that the west is a vast desert Gobi area, with scarce water resources and difficult roads. There are only traditional trade routes, no modern roads, and the east line has railways and rivers, but they are narrower.

The 6th Army of the Ottoman Empire on the eastern line deployed along the impact plain formed by the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, with abundant logistics, convenient supplies, and concentrated forces.

The range of activities on both sides of the river is extremely limited for large-scale armies. Leaving the river and the railway is equivalent to leaving the supply line, which also limits the range of activities of the 6th Army.

Then under the bombing of Huaxia, one important facility after another of the 6th Army was bombed. Because the bombing problem was never considered when various facilities were built, the bombing effect of the Huaxia people was surprisingly good.

Facilities such as ammunition warehouses, transportation routes, headquarters, and barracks were destroyed before the formal battle. The 6th Army concentrated its forces to deliver food.

Without these facilities, relying on the courage of the soldiers, the Ottomans could only defend the first wave of attacks from the Huaxia people at most, and soon they would have to engage in close combat because of the lack of ammunition and supplies.

Then they were dispersed by the Chinese light machine guns, shotguns, pistols, grenades, etc. in close combat.

So the Ottoman 6th Army on the Eastern Front was always retreating, and the 3rd Division was chasing an army with only one division.

"The failure rate of cars driving in the desert is indeed a bit high, and they cannot pull heavy equipment after being fully loaded with goods."

"And there are no gas stations nearby. The gasoline used by the cars has to be transported from Arabia by car bit by bit. Such a long distance will cause great losses."

"The Ottoman 4th Army is still quite smart and decisive, unlike the 6th Army in front of us, which is slow and hesitant."

Huang Zhengfang looked at the map on the map, showing that the Ottomans withdrew 200 kilometers in 3 days, and couldn't help sighing.

On the plains, it is not up to standard for motorized troops to march 100 kilometers a day. The standard of driving about 200 kilometers a day is normal.

But that was on the plains, trucks could be overloaded at will, and food supplies could also be "collected on the spot", so the logistics pressure was relatively small.

In the desert, marching 100 kilometers a day is a bit beyond the scope for China. You have to know that this is not 35 people, but more than 50,000 people from 3 divisions. The consumption of maintaining the supply of more than 50,000 combat troops in the desert is very huge.

Apart from other things, the transportation capacity required for daily fresh water supply is not a small number. The wells in the occupied towns cannot meet the needs of the army at all, and water trucks have to be used to transport water from the rear.

People who do n’t drink water for 1 day will only feel thirsty. The machine working in the high temperature of the desert, he dares to strike without drinking water for 1 day.

Therefore, the troops on the western line cannot undergo high -speed interspersed and roundabouts, because they are inseparable from the logistics replenishment line, and the speed of the supply line extension determines the highest speed of the offense. It is the speed of progress to go to dozens of kilometers a day.

At most, a few elite small -scale troops were able to obtain resource tilt. They carried a large number of vehicles with sufficient supplies of supplies at high speed charge, caught up with the Ottomans and ate 1 part, but it had no effect on the overall battle.

In the battle of hundreds of thousands of people, one or two battalions or troops in the size of the group could not come out of the water.

"The supply of materials on the western line mainly depends on the Haifa Port and Tu La. The Haifa Port occupies the convenience of the port, but there is no road repair from the east to the east and difficulty in transportation."

"Tu Lv's to Kuwei's unique road connects, the transportation efficiency is okay, but the transportation route is long."

"The Ottoman runs like this, but he has the initiative of the battlefield. He is also the Ottoman. The difference between the commander is really big." The chief of staff also looked down on the commander of the enemy.

"Bingfeng is about to reach Damascus, and it is also a provincial capital. The Ottomans should not retreat again."

"But this is a mountain area, and they play in the mountains, it is much difficult!"

Huang Zhengfang judged according to the form of both parties.

Damascus is an ancient city. Of course, Huang Zhengfang does not understand its history, but knows that this is a big city.

The foundation of a large city is the population. The sufficient population requires a huge life and drinking water, so this is where it can be a place where a transit base, or the main base.

Therefore, Huang Zhengfang judged that the two sides are likely to have the first offensive and defensive war in the mountainous areas of the Malaysian Geguang. There are complex mountain terrain here, and the war will be very difficult.

"The division and I think so. Damascus is surrounded by mountainous areas. The terrain is complicated. With the help of mountainous terrain, simple field work can meet most of the defense needs."

"And back to cities like Malaysia, there will be no problem with the supply. The fourth Army's vital army has shrunk back. The battle may be fierce, and it will not be solved in 1 day and two days."

"Traveling, we can take a good rest for 1."

The chief of staff nodded, and then said with a smile.

Although it only fought for a few consecutive days, the 9th Brigade was still very tired. It was not tired in the battle, but that the captives were tired.

The combat task of the 3rd Army was to eliminate the live power of the Ottomans and grab the captives as much as possible without the security of their own logistics and the progress of the battle.

The Ottomans lost their logistics supply bases and transit bases, and the damage to the command system for continuous bombing. These days, the soldiers were defeated.

There is no time to control the headquarters of the 6th Army. They need to retreat to the rear, and then rectify the army and stay at the front line to gather soldiers.

The 9th Brigade did not want to defeat the soldiers 4, and then gathered by the Ottomans. In that case, fighting is equivalent to beating in vain.

At the same time, the escape soldiers are likely to become a guerrilla, destroying the logistics line, and the precious military strength and capacity.

Therefore, the soldiers of the 9th Brigade often ended 1 battle, and they must be arrested everywhere, and then they have to manage the captives. The 9th brigade is so people, everyone is tightened.

Now that they are ordered to stop, they can rest for 1.

"It's time to rest for 1 break, and adjust our combat system 1 by the way, but ..."

Huang Zhengfang nodded, but his eyes did not leave the map.

"I'm afraid, so one break, let the 6th Army of the Ottoman also react to a shrink to the Kurde Mountains. Although it is difficult to fight, I always have to pay more casualties and energy." Huang Zhengfang looked at the North Mountains.

The Baghdad Railway cannot go directly to Armenia, and there is a Kurdish mountain in the middle. Therefore, the railway turns westward under the mountains. After passing the coast through the coast of the northern Syria, enter the hinterland of Ottoman.

The 1st Army of the Ottoman Empire returned to the Mountains, and the 3rd Army of the Ottoman Empire on the other side of your mountains echoed each other. The strategic situation was not ideal.

"This is actually good, at least we don't have to worry about the Russians picking up."

"Time is almost the same, I have to inspect the case of the captive 1, and I will return to Baghdad when I wait." The staff looked at the time, turned out of the door, and a person who left Huang Fang looked at the map in a daze.

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