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Zai Yi rushed over, hugged her shoulders with both hands, shaking and calling: "You can't, why are you doing this? There is always a way! You are an ignorant silly girl..." He Holding Qiu Jin, whose breath was getting weaker and weaker, lying on the ground halfway, screaming hoarsely, beating the soft ground fiercely with one hand.

"Before I came here, I made up my mind to die. I took the medicine, and it was chronic..." Qiu Jin breathed weakly, as if gathering his last strength.She spent most of her life in misery and lovelessness, and felt that it was a kind of happiness to die in the arms of the only man who gave her any real affection.Therefore, she held Zaiyi's arms tightly with both hands, her eyes showed a begging look, and her lips trembled... Zaiyi held her in his arms, feeling extremely painful in her heart. He loved Jingfang, but Jingfang didn't give her back. With his eyes, there are many beautiful girls in the family, and everyone wants to be loved by him. Although he has tendered and made physical sacrifices for them, he doesn't pay attention to them when the matter is over.At this moment, he suddenly felt that he was hateful and a very bad person.With tears in his eyes, he looked at Qiu Jin who had her eyes closed and said nothing, then lowered his head and kissed her deeply...

A gust of wind came, and the peach blossoms fell on them petal by petal.

It wasn't until Qiu Jin passed away that Zaiyi slowly put down her body, walked around her slowly, took a handful of flower petals and sprinkled them on her corpse, and prayed a few words with tears in her eyes. Out of the newspaper office in despair.

"My lord..."

The commanders of the garrison battalion and the patrol battalion both bent down and bowed to him, but said nothing.As Zaiyi walked out, he said, "Transport her to my residence after the incident. These girls who rebelled with her will be dealt with according to the plan. If they are willing to surrender, they can be my followers."

"Yes, humble office remembers."

Zaiyi raised his head, looked at the blue sky, let the tears flow down his face, and thought to himself: If it weren't for the emperor, Qiu Jin wouldn't have died, and the two of us could continue our relationship. I went to personally capture my beloved, and let her die in my arms. If this account is not counted, I, Zaiyi, will be raised by a motherfucker!

On November 1914, 11, Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is not a military power, but in the more than ten years after World War I, with the support and manipulation of Britain, France and other countries, it has also accumulated a "huge" air force with more than 150 aircraft.In order to carry out air strikes against the Dragon Army entrenched in Ishkashim, an important town in the northeast of Afghanistan, King Zahir concentrated almost all the aircraft that could be mobilized across the country on a large military airport near Kabul.

At this moment, Kabul Airport is still shrouded in night. Due to the time difference, the time of dawn in Kabul is often after 100:[-] Beijing time. More than [-] aircraft.

The combat method of the Afghan Air Force, which has not experienced the baptism of modern warfare, is very conservative. In their eyes, it seems that the Afghan Air Force may suffer from air strikes. Lots of fuel and ammo.Even if there is a ready-made hangar next to it, no pilot is willing to park the plane in the hangar. You must know that in such a chaotic airport, if the plane is parked in the hangar, it is not easy to pull it out.

The sentry guarding the airport was thinking about whether he could sneak home and eat a roast leg of lamb during breakfast. At this moment, the sound of rumbling engines suddenly came from the northeast sky. Ying immediately felt that the bomber might be coming, but the Afghan sentinel thought it was thunder from the sky.

It was not until 5 minutes later that a low-ranking officer discovered the situation and sounded the alarm.In fact, if it is the air force of a well-trained military power, there is still a chance to lift the plane into the sky within such a period of time, but this is Afghanistan. They are the Afghan Air Force. Flying into the sky is already a miracle, how can one react accordingly to such a situation.

So although most of the pilots ran out of the dormitory and found their own planes, they soon discovered the complexity of the situation, because most of the planes parked at the end of the runway belonged to old-fashioned wooden bombers. The engine must be warmed up before starting, but where there is this time now, some pilots want to push these planes aside, but this has been opposed by others. At the Kabul military airfield, the pilots of the Royal Afghan Air Force first fought themselves.

It took 15 minutes, a full 15 minutes, before the formation of twelve Lanxiang dive bombers from the Dragon Army, which filled the plane with bombs, arrived slowly.Originally, the commander thought that his operation was completely suicidal. After all, the other party had more than 100 aircraft of various types.But when he reached the air above the airport, he couldn't believe his eyes, because the Afghans were so stupid that they concentrated all the air force planes in one airport, not to mention that they haven't emptied a plane yet, which is not the worst, Worst of all, the artillery positions around the airfield seemed to have no soldiers at all.

After the commander saw this situation, he immediately suspended the high-altitude bombing order, and he asked the aircraft to move freely to carry out precise low-altitude bombing of aircraft on the airport and nearby valuable targets.This may be regarded as the most pleasant bombing carried out by the Lanxiang bomber.Because the pilots of these bombers can actually park the plane at an altitude of 500 meters and allow the bombardiers to bomb the planes on the airport. The bombers can even see with their own eyes that the bomb smashes the plane and explodes and ignites the ammunition on the airport. and the look of fuel.

In 10 minutes, the bomber completed the bombing in just 10 minutes. With the "cooperation" of the Afghan Air Force, the bombing went smoothly as never before. More than a dozen aircraft actually overwhelmed a large military airport with more than 150 aircraft. It was completely destroyed. Looking at the pilots and ground crews who were still running around on the military airport that was constantly exploding, the commander who should have given the evacuation order once again issued an order that violated the rules and used the airborne weapons as much as possible. killed Afghan Air Force pilots and ground crews.Compared with bombing, this order was a more fatal blow to the Afghan Air Force.After all, after losing the plane, as long as there are pilots, the air force can be rebuilt in a short time, but without qualified pilots is a big deal, and it takes a whole year to train a qualified pilot.

Another three or ten minutes later, when the bombers in the sky were about to burn out the last ammunition belt, the soldiers of the airport artillery unit who were sleeping at home came to the airport in twos and threes, and raised the nearly 10 Anti-aircraft guns at the age of 20 began to "counterattack".

Now that the advantage has been taken, the commander led his troops contentedly, and swaggered back towards the northeast.He is very clear that from now on, in the skies of Afghanistan, even without the escort of fighter jets, they will run amok, because the Afghan Air Force will not be able to slow down within a year at the earliest.

On a high platform in the royal palace in Kabul, King Zahir witnessed the entire process of the annihilation of his own air force through a telescope. He never imagined that the "powerful" Afghan air force would turn into a pile in just a few 10 minutes Heaps of burning scrap copper, rotten iron and sawdust, and his own air force had no power to fight back. After issuing the order to shoot the air force commander on the spot, the king in a trance immediately went to the army hospital to ask Uncle Hashim for questioning. The countermeasures went.

But before Zahir arrived at the army hospital, another shocking news came. At nine o'clock in the morning, Feng Yuxiang concentrated his [-] troops and under the cover of powerful artillery fire, attacked Skerza, an important town in the northwest of Afghanistan. Er launched an attack and captured the city half an hour later. There were no survivors of more than a thousand defenders in the city.

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The worst thing is that the dragon army did not stop after occupying Skzar. Under the leadership of armored troops and cavalry troops, they are advancing at a high speed to Charikal, the capital of Parwan province in eastern Afghanistan. It is possible to occupy there tonight. Although it is a small city with a population of less than [-], it is the gate to the north of Kabul. Once Charikal, which is only [-] kilometers away from Kabul, falls, it means that the north of Kabul is completely destroyed. If the situation is exposed, the Dragon Army can arrive in Kabul within a few hours.

Faced with this sudden change, Zahir was really at a loss, and he quickly ran to the Army Hospital.At this time, Hashim has already known the outside changes from the secretary.

"Uncle Wang, what should I do?" Zahir yelled as soon as he entered the ward. He didn't look like a king at all, just like an ignorant child. In fact, he can't be blamed for this. He grew up in the greenhouse. , Where has experienced such a violent wind and rain?

"Your Majesty, don't panic, come here, sit down and talk." Hashem pointed to the stool in front of him and said to Zahir very calmly.

"Uncle Wang, the Chinese army is advancing towards Charikal, and it is very likely to occupy it within today. What should I do? Also, the air force is gone, all gone, Uncle Wang, I can stop the opponent with even a little bit now." The strength to move forward is gone." Zahir's voice trembled.

"Your Majesty, don't panic, you are the king of Afghanistan, you are Mohammad Zahir, you are the son of Mohammad Nadir, you can't do this! The Kingdom of Afghanistan still depends on you, the people of Afghanistan still depend on you, you have to lead your Country, your people won the final victory over the invaders, do you understand?" Hashem said to Zahir very seriously.

"But, Uncle Wang, I'm afraid, I'm really afraid. At this speed, the enemy will be able to hit the city of Kabul tomorrow!"

"Your Majesty, do you know the history of the Third Anti-British War? At that time, Amanola inherited the throne. He was dissatisfied with the British rule of Afghanistan and declared independence. Not long after, the powerful British army invaded Afghanistan. At that time, the regular army of our country was still There were less than 4 people, but these 4 people had to divide into three groups to fight bravely against the British invaders in the three directions of Khyber, Waziristan and Kandahar. Stein defeated the British army and surrounded the enemy Thaler Fortress. At the same time, King Amanola sent people to instigate a massive anti-British uprising in Pashtun on the Indian border. Britain was in a dilemma and was forced to abandon the plan. Soon after Valpindi initialed the peace treaty, and Britain recognized the independence of Afghanistan. We didn’t lose confidence in that situation, and now you’re afraid when you encounter difficulties on the first day?” Hashim gently stroked Zahir’s head Said.

"Uncle Wang, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty, listen carefully. First, order the commander of the Charikal garrison to immediately lead all the troops to advance in the direction of Skezal, and order them to destroy all bridges along the way and set up roadblocks as much as possible. Second, immediately mobilize all the troops. Less than [-] troops went to Charikal to set up defenses to stop the enemy. Thirdly, the entire city of Kabul was under martial law, and all adult males were required to register and help build fortifications. Fourthly, all the scattered settlements outside the city were relocated. All the food and supplies were withdrawn to the city... Tenth, order the tribal armed forces and troops from all over the south to assemble and reorganize in Kandahar and then send reinforcements to Kabul. Don't forget, we are not fighting as one country. We must turn to Britain and France for help at this time. They still have a large number of military forces in the west of our country, and they will not just sit and watch Afghanistan being occupied by the Chinese in vain." Hashim struggled to speak out his arrangement.

"Uncle Wang, is there anything else that needs attention?"

"Let's do this first, and I will tell you when I think of other things. Remember, as a king, you can't panic at any time, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous. Even if the enemy hits the city, you have to Be absolutely calm, understand?"

"I see, Uncle Wang, time is running out, I'll arrange it right away!"

On this evening, Feng Yuxiang's army finally arrived at the city of Charikal after going through untold hardships. He saw through the telescope that Charikal looked like a golden city in the afterglow of the evening sun, but he couldn't be happier.Because his troops traveled from Skzar to Charikal, due to the Afghan government forces and the Turkish-supported troops, they dispatched troops in time to join the local tribal armed forces, constantly obstructing and harassing, which also made the advance speed of the entire troops Much slower than expected.

Now, his armored corps has arrived at the city of Charikal as a forward force, but the artillery unit is still under the escort of infantry, slowly advancing towards Charikal, because almost all the bridges along the way have been blown up, and many roads have been destroyed. It had been dug open on purpose, and as it stood the infantry and artillery units would not arrive until tomorrow morning.

The Afghan army on the opposite side is adjusting the deployment and repairing the fortifications. In order to enhance the city's defense capabilities, they even led all the low-lying areas around the city into the Kabul River. Anxiety is not understandable by ordinary people. Of course, Chen Jitang is even more anxious. Seeing that Charikal is in front of him, but there is a big river blocking the way, and tanks and chariots just can't get through.

Although the Afghan army does not have much combat effectiveness, it is an army after all, and with the cooperation of the Turkish cavalry division and armored division, facing the situation of overwhelming soldiers, they are not only not nervous, but also launched a few rifles that are almost smoothed out. The old-fashioned mountain cannon launched a bombardment at the dragon army on the opposite side. This kind of old-fashioned mountain cannon is not very powerful. People with good eyesight can even observe the opponent's ballistic trajectory with the naked eye. How can there be decades-old shells falling on the position? It even failed to explode many times, but it was this kind of shelling that actually brought a lot of confusion to Feng Yuxiang's vanguard.

The vanguard of the Dragon Army is almost entirely composed of tribal armed forces in the eastern region. These Afghan men who grew up on horseback, if they were on the battlefield, they would never lose to cavalry against cavalry. Anyone's, because they have natural courage and incomparable wisdom, but this is not the case with bombardment, and some people don't even know what bombardment is all about?Seeing the black things flying towards their position on the opposite side, they were simply dumbfounded there.

As a result, the Afghan cavalry unit in Feng Yuxiang's hands began to waver, one, two, three... ten, twenty... and finally turned into a retreat of the entire battalion and company. Under normal circumstances, the commander should quickly organize a supervisory team to enforce battlefield discipline on the fleeing soldiers, but if he now takes tough measures against these Afghan cavalry, it is very likely that these tribal armed forces will defect.So helpless Feng Yuxiang had no choice but to order the troops to withdraw collectively to build fortifications outside the artillery range of the Afghan army after leaving a few observation posts.

In fact, when he saw the Afghan government army building fortifications in Charikal, Feng Yuxiang's heart beat a little. He never imagined that after the old guy Hashim was seriously injured and hospitalized, the almost idiot King Zahir would actually be able to Such a timely dispatch of troops to defend the city.No matter how long the tens of thousands of improvised Afghan troops can withstand, it means that he wants to use armored forces and superior artillery units to achieve the bankruptcy of the plan to attack Kabul. When he takes Charikal and marches into Kabul However, the fortifications of the city of Kabul have almost been perfected. At that time, the battle to seize Kabul by oneself is bound to become an out-and-out urban offensive and defensive war.It is still unknown whether I can successfully win this urban offensive and defensive battle with the help of this labor-intensive and expeditionary army in my hand, coupled with the unfamiliar and complex geographical environment of Afghanistan.What's more, reinforcements from Britain, France and other countries will continue to be sent to Kabul. At that time, Feng Yuxiang will face a dilemma.

But Feng Yuxiang knew that his troops had no way out here, even if they wanted to separatize Ishkashim and its surrounding areas, it was impossible, because he knew very well that these Afghan tribal armed forces supported him , is to seize the power in Afghanistan with the support of the Chinese, and promise to give these people corresponding political status and privileges after the seizure of power. If they cannot give them these things, these people will definitely betray themselves in order to protect themselves and his own army.

The original strategic policy was to try to divide and disintegrate Afghanistan internally and win the support of the Afghan tribes, but now it seems that the risk of this policy is also very high!

"No, never give up! Jiang Baili can conquer the South Asian subcontinent, why can't I, Feng Yuxiang, conquer Afghanistan? Even if I lose, I won't lose here!" Feng Yuxiang secretly made up his mind.

He immediately summoned the little bosses sent by various tribes to lead troops before him. As a reward for "heroically killing the enemy" on the first day, each of them was rewarded with two hundred dragon coins and a gold bar, but the condition was that these little bosses would return home. Finally, you must urge your own people to help the Dragon Army build a strong enough forward position and set up tents for the follow-up troops.

Most of these little bosses in their own tribe are just some brainless brats. How would they know what a dragon coin is, but the elders of the tribe have already confessed to them before leaving that this colorful little piece of paper is in Afghanistan. You can buy five cows or two women on the land, which is almost equivalent to the income of a poor Afghan family for several years, not to mention the gold bars. These people know that even in their elders’ families, It may not be possible to take out a gold bar.Taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others, no matter in which era or country, it is an indestructible theorem.After returning, these Afghan officers quickly launched operations according to Feng Yuxiang's deployment.

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One of the most vicious of these orders issued by Feng Yuxiang was to order the troops to loot the villages and towns around Charikal and plunder their population. Ordinary people, at this time, use mutton as the main source of food. The [-] troops of the advance troops of the Dragon Army suddenly stationed in Charikal. The biggest problem and the first problem that needs to be solved is the logistics problem of the troops, and the logistics problem The first thing in the middle is the problem of food. These troops are not the original garrison troops in Kabul. After arriving in Kabul, the logistics supply is mostly purchased by themselves after the Ministry of National Defense allocates funds. After all, they will supply tens of thousands of troops at once. The supply of supplies is not a matter of one sentence, so this reinforcement to Charikal is no exception. Most of the troops did not even bring much dry food, so they rushed here. How can the food in the city provide enough supplies for the [-] troops? ?So the quartermaster can only buy supplies everywhere with banknotes.

Feng Yuxiang sent a large number of cavalry squads to carry out a real sense of fortification and clearing of the surrounding villages and towns of Charikal. Food, cattle and sheep, iron, property, and even horse fodder were gathered near the Dragon Army's position by the cavalry, and those who were unwilling to obey The people who ordered them were set on fire together with their houses, piles of hay, and supplies that could not be taken away. Not only these, in order to prevent the other party from using local materials to build fortifications, Feng Yuxiang also ordered the cavalry to Some woods and pastures that were far away from our own positions were all set on fire. For a while, outside the city of Charikal, which had not yet started fighting, there was already smoke and corpses everywhere. Those suffocated cavalry chased after them, not to mention not purchasing the materials they needed, not even their own equipment and the money used to purchase materials, there was not much left.

As for the Afghans who were captured, it was easier to handle. In this country with complex ethnic and religious relations, the residents of different regions did not have much affinity, so these local residents were soon driven out to build fortifications. As for those who are unwilling to obey orders, they can only receive the bayonets and fists of the cavalry.

In Charikal, an observation post of the Afghan government army, a young man in the uniform of a major general was carefully watching every move on the opposite side with a telescope. Seeing that the dragon cavalry had taken such an action, his The corners of my eyes trembled a little.

In the not-so-spacious tent, the young King Zahir was studying the military map in front of him carefully, and beside him were Minister of Defense Mahmud Wang Shu and Major General Mullah Jaiddin, the military chief of Charikal City.

"Major General, how long can the supplies in the city last?" Feng Yuxiang's plunder in the surrounding areas of the city has indeed seriously affected the supplies of the Afghan government forces. What does the army live on.

"One week, one week at most, this still needs to be rationed. Your Majesty, although I am the commander of the city defense major general, I still have less than 2000 people including the police force and local armed herdsmen. There must be less food in the warehouses in the city." "Major General Mullah Jaiddin said in a very difficult situation, there was nothing he could do, if such a city without any preparations for war, if it provided enough food for [-] troops for a week, it would already be tightening its belt.

"How are the residents in the city retreating?"

"Your Majesty, in fact, the population of this city is less than 1. Except for about [-] men who were temporarily recruited to serve in the army, the rest of the people have all left the city to seek refuge in Kabul. Textile workshops have been greatly affected and suffered great losses."

"Major General Mullaziddin, it's best if people have nothing to do. The current situation is very complicated. It is impossible for us to think so much. The enemy's attack will launch soon. So many citizens in the city will make the army unable to let go. Yes, what do you say?? My Uncle Wang." Zahir turned to Uncle Wang Mahmud and asked.

"Your Majesty is right. Defending Afghanistan is the most important thing!" This uncle Wang, who has been a military man for a lifetime, has been the Minister of Defense for more than ten years. He has not experienced it once or twice when the country is facing danger. Therefore, he appeared very calm and determined.