1890 King of Southeast Asia

After the situation in Nusel was under control, Li Yunfei, the commander of the 14th Division, arrived at the railway station as soon as possible.

Outside the railway station, the soldiers had cleared a wide flat area and laid several fixed anchor piles, which could be used as a temporary airship landing site.

An airship can carry nearly ten tons of supplies, but the take-off and landing are relatively slow. An airship takes several hours to complete the landing and unloading process, and then it has to be released again.

Fortunately, the wind today is not very strong, and there are no frequent changes in wind direction, so the loading and unloading of airships has not been delayed.

Even so, more than a dozen airships took a whole day to unload.

On December 20, six steam trains slowly left Nusel. Li Yunfei led two reinforced regiments along the railway and headed west.

"It's snowing. Have you brought enough cold-resistant items such as leather shoes, cotton clothes, and cotton hats?" Li Yunfei stretched in the carriage and looked out the window with a tired face.

This locomotive is quite old. It is a British product manufactured in 1886. It does not have much horsepower, and it is overloaded with 10 more carriages, reaching 50 carriages.

The train can only run at a speed of about 20 kilometers per hour, and the scenery outside the window is very clear.

As winter approaches, the edge of the Kurdish Mountains has begun to get colder, and it even snowed today.

"Before departure, the whole regiment changed into leather boots and thick cotton clothes. This temperature can't defeat us, but it will definitely be a torture to stay in the trenches and fight at this temperature." Guo Liang, the head of the reinforced 509th regiment, said with a big head.

"In Basra, you have to wear a sunscreen, but here you have to wear a cotton coat. It's not a long distance, and the weather is unpredictable!" Li Yunfei sighed.

In this kind of weather, whether it is attacking or defending, the combat capability of the troops will decline, but in general, it is more advantageous to the defenders, especially the local defenders.

Because the 14th Division was stationed in the tropics before, the 14th Division wore ordinary leather shoes with ventilation holes on them all the way, which had almost no warmth retention.

Because the progress was delayed, the 14th Division's replacement of clothing also had problems, and the cold-resistant equipment was not in place until before departure.

Because there was no time to distribute and it was inconvenient to carry, many of the supplies transported by the airship this time were cold-resistant clothing, shoes, hats and other items, and the two reinforced regiments that were dispatched first were first distributed.

The reinforced regiments were just reinforced, mainly to strengthen the firepower of light artillery. Each regiment was reinforced with a field artillery battalion, 4 105 howitzers, 8 76mm field guns, and a large number of machine guns were reinforced to the two regiments.

However, in order to save transportation capacity, most of the armored vehicles of the two regiments were removed, and they followed the two regiments behind.

"More than half of the soldiers in our division are from the north, and they can withstand this temperature. However, the officers, many grassroots officers have been staying in the tropics, fighting in cold weather, and may not be used to it." Guo Liang looked at the light snow outside and touched his shiny forehead.

Although he is a colonel, he is actually only 30 years old. He has few hairs on his forehead, which can be regarded as premature baldness.

"There are still two days to the destination. Looking at the weather, it will probably be colder by then. Pay attention to the physical condition of the officers and soldiers, and adjust them in time if they are not in good health."

"When you are out, the task is heavy. Don't resist it if you can't stand it." Li Yunfei glanced at the big forehead, and then turned his head silently.

"Yes!"

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On the day of the occupation of Nusair, because there was a radio station in Nusair, the news was not covered up, and the Ottomans knew on the spot that the city of Gilez was surrounded.

However, the Ottomans were not in a hurry. The main force of the 6th Army was still there, shrinking in the solid fortifications, and the 4th Army was also fighting well in Damascus. At least there was no trend of failure in the short term?

Although these two armies were surrounded by the Chinese, from another perspective, a large number of Chinese troops were dragged down by these two armies.

At least Enver Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks, the ruler of the Ottoman Empire, and the chief of staff of the 6th Army of the Ottoman Empire, thought so.

"Enver, I heard that you are going to send the 2nd Army to the south, and even the 5th Army that has just been withdrawn will be sent there." Talat Pasha, who is in charge of finance and internal affairs, frowned and asked.

"Yes, Talat, the main force of the Huaxia Empire is in East Asia and Southeast Asia. In Arabia, they only have 300,000 people, and the 6th and 4th Armies have already tied up most of their active troops."

"It will take at least half a month to transfer troops from East Asia, and our trains can reach the front line in just two days."

"Taking advantage of the shortage of Huaxia troops, we can try to launch an attack. This is a good opportunity. We can launch an attack from northern Syria and cooperate with the troops of Damascus and Girez. The Huaxia will definitely not be able to withstand it."

"As long as we repel the attack of the Huaxia once, our situation will be much better, and those disobedient guys will also settle down."

Ismail Enver smiled easily.

He was nervous when the Huaxia Empire launched an attack. After all, they had fought against Huaxia before. He had been to the front and witnessed the crazy bombardment of the Huaxia people.

The 6th Army and the 4th Army, which had been retreating on the front line, seemed to confirm his idea - the Ottoman Empire's 6th Army could not withstand the attack of the Huaxia Empire's 6th Army.

Just when he was considering building a defense line in the mountains and resisting with the complex terrain, the Battle of Irbid occurred.

Although the casualties of the Ottomans, especially the civilians, were much greater than those of the 6th Army of the Chinese Empire, and the cities lost were those of the Ottoman Empire, Enver did not care.

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Enver is the leader of the Young Turks Party and a Turk. The main residents of Irbid are Arabs. For a long time, in the Ottoman Empire, Turks have been the first class and Arabs are the second class.

Therefore, Enver will only see that this fighting method is useful, but will not see the destructiveness of this fighting method.

"Enver, I don't recommend doing this. According to the Germans, the Chinese are increasing their troops, and we don't know the situation on the battlefield." Talaat shook his head and suggested.

"The 4th Army is trapped in Damascus. Unless we give up the 4th Army, we can only launch an attack while the Chinese have not yet reacted."

"Even if we have to retreat to the mountains for defense, we must teach the Chinese a lesson, otherwise they will not stop."

"I know that the Chinese are increasing their troops, and we are also increasing our troops. We just want to get ahead of the Chinese. Only in this way can we win."

As the chief military officer, Enver certainly knew this intelligence, but knowing it was knowing that the Ottoman Empire did not have many options.

Just like they were forced to choose the Germans at the beginning, now they must attack once to deter the Chinese and let them know that there is a price to pay for biting the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire cannot lose the 4th Army, anyway, it cannot be lost as a whole. The annihilation of an entire army will be a huge blow to the Ottoman Empire.

In addition, the Chinese did not have much interest in Europe. After they had swallowed up Syria and Mesopotamia and learned that they had to pay the price of blood to advance, the subsequent wars would be easier.

All of this prompted Enver to launch an attack to change the situation.

Moreover, the Chinese army was held back by two armies. What could the remaining people do to stop the attack of the two armies!

"The Armenians are making trouble again. The 3rd Army has to deal with the Russians and the Armenians. The troops are in short supply."

"The provincial government asked us for help, hoping to send troops to suppress the Armenian rebels." Talaat Pasha said with a somewhat ugly face.

"They come again? Is it over?" Enver frowned, looking at Talaat with a flash of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"The 2nd and 5th armies will be used to attack in the south. Gallipoli Peninsula needs to be defended, and Istanbul also needs garrisons. We can't spare more troops."

"These Armenians are just a group of rioters. They can't cause any trouble. Let's ignore them for now!"

Enver thought about it, but he really had no troops to mobilize.

Two armies have been thrown into the south, and two more are ready to launch an attack. There is one army in the northeast, fighting the Russians in the South Caucasus region, so five have gone.

The 1st Army is stationed in Istanbul. While guarding Istanbul, it is ready to support the Gallipoli Peninsula (Dardanelles) at any time.

The temporarily established 7th Army is fighting the Greeks. Because of poor equipment and poor quality of soldiers, the battle is also very tense.

"I'm afraid not. The Armenians are backed by the Russian Empire. They have received support from the Russian Empire and guns flowing in from the border."

"Some Armenians have formed a resistance organization and shouted that Armenia is the Armenian Armenia. If it is not dealt with, the Armenian region will be in chaos." Talat had a trace of embarrassment on his face.

Shortly after the war began, Talat launched a large Tusha against the Armenians on the grounds that the Armenians might rebel.

Talat used the army and police to organize the arrest and killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. At present, hundreds of thousands of Armenians have died from Ottoman bullets or bayonets.

"All the troops currently have tasks. The Armenian direction can be put aside for the time being. The top priority now is to defeat the Chinese attack. As long as the Chinese fail, we will be much easier." Enver frowned when he heard about the resistance organization.

He also knew that it would be troublesome if the resistance organization was not dealt with in time, and more and more people would join them, but he really did not have spare power now.

"If we don't clear and suppress them in time, the Armenians may cut off the Tigris River and affect the supply capacity of the 6th Army."

"And we have no money, including the loan provided by the Germans. We need a source of funds." Talaat said very bluntly. The purpose this time is to get money.

Without money, it is very difficult to expect the army to fight hard.