1890 King of Southeast Asia

The 3rd Division of the 6th Army of the Huaxia Empire was established during the 1st South-Japan War. It was expanded from the 3rd Brigade of the only 4 brigades in South China at that time. It is considered the absolute main force of the Huaxia Empire.

The 3rd Division has outstanding military achievements. It is also the 6th Army Division with a forward organization and no special transformation. Although the motorized infantry division has been at the forefront of the world, it seems to be less impactful than the mechanization of the 1st Division and the mountainization of the 2nd Division.

The original organization was composed of the 5th and 6th Brigades, but later the 5th and 6th Brigades were successively withdrawn to form new divisions. Only more than 2,000 seeds were left in the 3rd Division and two brigades were reorganized.

After the establishment of the Huaxia Empire, the numbering was reorganized. The numbers of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Brigades were given to the Guards Garrison, and the numbers of the two brigades of the 3rd Division were changed to the 8th and 9th Brigades.

The entire division has a total of more than 16,000 people, with complete arms and powerful firepower configuration. It also has more than 6,000 vehicles of various types and more than 2,000 livestock.

The livestock were assigned after arriving in Arabia, mainly camels, with a small number of horses. In this land, cars are not necessarily as reliable as camels.

The division headquarters is located in the southwest of Baghdad, close to the railway, and the entire division is stationed in the same way.

The 3rd Division is also the only army stationed near the railway line at present, because they will undertake the spearhead mission, move forward along the railway line, and occupy as many railway lines as possible before the Ottomans react.

"Report, division commander, chief of staff, the commander of the 9th Brigade is here to report." A staff officer came in with a pile of documents and said to a group of combat officers who were studying on the map.

"Let him in." The division commander said without raising his head, and then continued to point to the map to discuss.

"After breaking through the border, there are more than 14 stations on the more than 300 kilometers of railway lines in the Kurdistan region, and most of the cities along the line have garrisons. To ensure the safety of the railway, we have no energy to attack in the direction of Armenia." Seeing this, the chief of staff did not care about the new brigade commander, but argued with the division commander.

"But if we don't attack in the direction of Armenia, the Ottoman Empire's Armenian Army Group will retreat at any time, threatening our army's westward advance group. At that time, we will attack from both sides, and it will be a war of attrition." The division commander knew, but the reality was there.

"Either increase troops, or stop advancing after taking Kurdistan and organize defense. Our one division alone has to control more than 300 kilometers of railways along the line and build a transit base. We really don't have the energy to do anything else."

"And the Armenian Front is watched by the Russians. If they really dare to withdraw, the Russians..." The chief of staff got stuck while speaking.

If they really go in this direction, is their 3rd Division working for the Russians?

"It's okay for the Russians to sit back and relax, but I'm afraid that the Russians will take advantage of the fight between us and the Armenian Front, and they will ride horses and occupy territory everywhere. In the end, all the benefits will be taken by the Russians, and our 3rd Division will become a joke of the whole army." The division commander nodded.

"Not only the joke of the whole army, but the navy and air force will also laugh at us." The chief of staff said with deep approval.

Time suddenly became rushed, which made the 3rd Division not very adaptable. They had only been ashore for more than a month.

During this period, they had been conducting adaptive training, and all their equipment had not arrived until two weeks ago. Now there was a lack of transportation capacity everywhere, and the transportation speed of heavy equipment was a bit slow.

In addition, because of the expansion of the army, many experienced officers and non-commissioned officers were transferred to the newly formed troops.

According to the original plan, they did not have to worry about combat problems this year. The remaining two months were enough for the new officers and soldiers to run in with the troops, and the combat effectiveness was also guaranteed.

Now... the 16th Regiment of the 8th Brigade, half of the officers of the entire regiment were recently promoted from deputy officers, and the remaining half were transferred from other places within two months. There were more than 800 non-commissioned officers in the regiment, and 480 people were left in half a year, and the others were transferred away.

It sounds like this operation is suffocating and a manifestation of weakening combat effectiveness before the war, but in fact this operation is very normal.

The first is time. According to the predetermined plan, the adjusted troops will have been almost run-in by the time of the battle.

The second is that such an operation can support more non-commissioned officers with less military expenditure in peacetime. When war breaks out and expansion is needed, it is easy to pull out another unit with slightly weaker combat effectiveness but acceptable.

War is not a conflict. Not only elite troops are needed, but also second-line and garrison troops.

"Report! The commander of the 9th Brigade, Huang Zhengfang, has been ordered to report." Huang Zhengfang walked in and saw a group of people sitting in front of the map with a look of discomfort.

"Zhengfang, you are just in time. Come, come, sit down, let's think about how to break the situation together." The division commander knew Huang Zhengfang, and Huang Zhengfang was also a member of the 3rd Division.

The division commander briefly told Huang Zhengfang about the dilemma facing the 3rd Division now.

"How can we push the front line under the noses of the Armenian army without affecting the war between the Armenian army and the Russians?" Huang Zhengfang scratched his head, looking at a loss.

"This... Commander, I can't think of it for a while." Huang Zhengfang actually did his homework, but not this homework. Instead, after understanding the situation in advance, he thought of how to take Armenia more easily.

Armenia is divided into two parts. The Western Armenian part, which is most of Armenia, was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the late 14th century, and the Eastern Armenian part was conquered by Iran in the early 19th century.

The Armenian region under the rule of the Ottoman Empire includes part of Georgia, Armenia, and part of Turkey, and borders Kurdistan to the south.

This area is inhabited by many ethnic groups, including Turks, Armenians, Arabs, Tatars, Greeks, etc., and the ethnic and religious relations are complicated.

Entering the 20th century, the Ottoman Empire had weakened beyond recognition, and the local Armenians began to seek independence.

After the war began, the Ottoman Empire fought with Tsarist Russia in the direction of Armenia, and the Ottomans were on the defensive.

Because of the unrest among the Armenians, Tsarist Russia sent many people to infiltrate the Ottoman Empire to contact the Armenians, promising them to establish a country and various support, etc.

Not surprisingly, the Armenians began to make trouble, and the Ottoman Empire was ruthless to these pagans who believed in Christianity, and began a preventive war.

Now, Armenia is still in a mess.

Unfortunately, the Tsar only took advantage of the Armenians once, and even if the trouble was severe, this direction was not the Tsar’s main attack direction.

Huang Zhengfang's idea is to use the Armenians to destroy the logistics of the Ottoman Empire's Armenian Front and reduce China's resistance to defeating them.

However, China's headache now is not the Ottoman Empire as an enemy, but the Russian Empire as an ally.

"Okay, you have been traveling all the way from the Western Regions, and you should go and rest first." The division commander waved his hand when he saw that he could not get any suggestions.

Originally, he was just trying to get something done, and it didn't matter if there was nothing.

"Zhengfang, right? I am Chief of Staff Lu Shu. I know you are tired. You can rest, but within a week, you must at least make the entire command system smooth."

"I will go to the 9th Brigade for inspection in a week. If you cannot effectively command the 9th Brigade, the division staff will take over the brigade command system until the 9th Brigade can fight normally. I hope you don't mind."

The chief of staff quickly became a bad guy.

"Yes!" Huang Zhengfang didn't know the specific situation yet, so he didn't want to say more.

This situation is also normal. Huang Zhengfang believes that he is not the only one who has been treated like this.

To be honest, Huang Zhengfang was actually somewhat opposed to fighting at this time, or he thought that some reorganized troops should be allowed to fight.

However, those troops were far away and could not be quickly mobilized.

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On November 1, the Huaxia Empire held a large-scale exercise called "War and Peace". In various war zones, a total of 11 divisions and more than 30 warships participated.

November 3.

What's more, what's more...

Two locomotives with more than 90 carriages slowly approached the border between the Ottoman Empire and the Huaxia Empire.

Behind this ridiculously long train was another train of the same type, and behind it were two normal heavy trains, that is, one locomotive and 50 carriages.

"Brigade commander, we are still 12 kilometers away from the border. We will get off in more than ten minutes." The chief of staff looked at the station passing by, which was the last official station before the border.

Further ahead, on the border, there is another temporary station, which is large and much more prosperous than this station, but it has never been turned into a formal station.

Besides! Creak~~

The train shook, and Huang Zhengfang knew that this was a sign that the train began to slow down.

Such a train, of course, could not drive directly to the border - people could get off the train right under their noses.

Otherwise, the Ottomans could just fire a cannon, even a 37mm artillery with an absolutely small caliber, and kill a lot of people.

And if the train is damaged, how can we go on the road behind?

"The enemy has three divisions around the railway, but they are not fully staffed and are not close to each other."

"It's easy to rush over, but I'm afraid that we are ready, but the orders have not been issued, giving them time to react." Huang Zhengfang scratched his chin.

The problem of the Armenian Front has not been solved in these days, but the war will not wait until all problems are solved before it starts.

The only thing Huang Zhengfang was relieved about was that perhaps everyone felt the approach of the war, and the 9th Brigade's running-in went surprisingly smoothly.

Now the 9th Brigade may not be able to exert its full strength. After all, due to the personnel changes, the tacit understanding has been reduced a lot, but normal combat is no problem.

"Stop the car, send people to impose martial law within 5 kilometers, detain everyone, and temporarily prevent passage to ensure confidentiality."

"The artillery will find a suitable location to build an artillery position. Once the signal is given, the enemy must be suppressed as soon as possible and they cannot be allowed to gather together."

"Request the Air Force to conduct reconnaissance and send another team to sneak in and cut off the enemy's communication route."

Huang Zhengfang didn't know when he would receive the order. He was afraid of being exposed if he got close, so he simply got off here.

Anyway, it wouldn't take long to drive over ten kilometers.

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