Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

"Zijiu, don't be joking. Chunxuan has just been released by the emperor, but he is just a white man. If he has the opportunity to meet the Holy Majesty, first of all, he will come to thank him, and second, he will ask for a decree to allow me to return to my hometown. I will be free for half my life. Chunxuan will be grateful." Endless."

Qu Hongji smiled: "You have a good idea. A talented person like brother Yunjie in such a great country has nothing to show for it. When the emperor is employing people, you want to hide and be quiet. Could it be that three years in prison will grind your edges and corners?" Gone?"

Cen Chunxuan smiled wryly: "Recalling that Chunxuan offended many of his colleagues when he was arrogant, he felt ashamed every time he thought about it. Chunxuan's temperament is very good in the officialdom, and he did not disappoint the emperor. Let me tell you how you got to the post station first. coming?"

Qu Hongji showed sorrow and glory: "My mother passed away unfortunately. I have asked the emperor to return to my hometown. Ding's mother is worried. The former father passed away. The country is in a troubled time. He was taken away by the emperor, so he did not return to his hometown to guard the system. After being robbed of love, Qu Hongji returned home without face."

Cen Chunxuan also sighed slightly: "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be fulfilled. An official only knows the word loyalty, which violates filial piety."

Qu Hongji's eyes lit up: "Brother Yunjie, I'm thinking that the emperor is going to use you. You should cheer up and serve the country loyally, and you must also be worthy of the holy family."

"I don't have that kind of temper anymore. It's still what the sages said: the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. I think that when I went to Sichuan, Shu and Guangdong, I was full of officials, so I punched hard and wanted to rectify it by myself. In the officialdom, who knows that you will end up at your own risk, after that, you will no longer have the intention of being an official, if the emperor uses it, you will be a mediocre official for half your life."

Unexpectedly, what he said caused Qu Hongji to stand up abruptly, seize the door and go out, Cen Chunxuan was stunned, and hurriedly stopped him, saying: "Zi Jiu, what are you doing..."

Middle East Storm 8 Chapter [-] Target: Baghdad

Qu Hongji turned around and said angrily: "If my surname is Qu, I was blind and mistook dung for beautiful jade. I thought that you, Cen Chunxuan, would be able to revive your prestige and achieve a great event this time. I didn't expect it to happen in just three years." You are a soft-legged shrimp with no air, you and I are not speculating, so we leave." He raised his foot and stepped out again.

"Wait a minute, Zijiu, you have made it clear. Why am I a soft-footed shrimp? Is it wrong to be indifferent to fame and wealth, and to go fishing in the river like the ancients?"

"Hmph, being indifferent to fame and fortune is very elegant. Others may not know it, but I understand your thoughts. Three years ago, you worked so hard to achieve your goal, but you ended up ruined. You clearly have resentment in your heart. If the emperor uses you , you just break the jar and do the opposite, Yunjie, I respected you in the past as a man who dared to do something, but I didn't expect you to be a villain who will take revenge. Let me ask you, what is wrong with the emperor? For you, the snowflakes of your impeachment were usually piled up in Qianqing Palace, and the emperor kept them all. Ordinary people understand that the emperor is protecting your reputation, but you, Cen Chunxuan, don’t understand? The officialdom can’t be eradicated in a day, Once you fail, you will waste all your previous efforts, what kind of 'official slaughter'?"

Qu Hongji's tongue was sour, and when he finished his words, Cen Chunxuan's face turned red, his head felt like a heavy hammer, and he sat there in a daze.At last she nodded and said, "Zijiu's words were enlightening, and hit the key point of Chunxuan. Compared with your open mind, Chunxuan is too narrow."

Qu Hongji calmed down a little, and said: "I know you are miserable in your heart, and you need to use heavy codes in troubled times, but now the world is peaceful, and the emperor's government is still lenient. Although the people's livelihood has been restored, it has also fostered bureaucracy. With your courage, your courage to do business is gone, are you still Cen Chunxuan? Brother Yunjie, let’s stop talking. If it weren’t for the friendship between you and me, I wouldn’t rush here to say these things. I hope you don't go against the emperor's sympathy, so you can do it yourself. I have to hurry, so I won't say more, we will have a long time to come."

After Qu Hongji left, Cen Chunxuan sat under the lamp for a long time, thinking about what his friend said, and gradually became infatuated...

"The coalition forces must stick to all the current defensive areas! The current Iranian land must be preserved at all costs." Facing the current embarrassing situation of the Iranian war, the French Supreme Commander Maxime Weygand came to Van City in person, and at the combat meeting A request to the troops stationed in Iraq.Based on this spirit, apart from the three divisions defending the western defense line, the other nine divisions of the French army will be used to establish a new defense line. The troops were organized into the Third Army Group and the Fourth Army Group respectively, and the Faisi coalition forces in the encirclement were changed to the First Army Group.

Among them, the Fourth Army was in charge of the original 2nd Army Commander Henziger. The Army Group was deployed to the east of the Western Line of Defense, while the 67th and 10th Armies under the jurisdiction of the Third Army Group were commanded by Admiral Bessen.Only 27 divisions were used as first-line troops to defend the main sections of the line of defense.The remaining 22 divisions were reserved as tactical reserves and unified reserves for each group army.

Weygand specifically requested that the new defensive method should abandon the original continuous belt-shaped defense, and change all of them to a stronghold-style front configuration with increased depth. The average depth of a defense line should not be the original 3 miles, but should be extended to 8 kilometers. above.Then Wei Gang gave special instructions: "The defenders of each stronghold should use forests and villages to defend the front as much as possible. All troops must not retreat. They must fight until the last soldier."

Moreover, he also specially ordered that for the tank troops of the Dragon Army, they can be allowed to pass through the strongholds on the side, and then launch counterattacks from the side and the back. own artillery to attack the Chinese. Then he also promulgated the pamphlet "General Defense Principles Against Blitzkrieg" to the army, in which he wrote: "To defeat the enemy, the commander's subjective initiative must be exerted.Once it is ascertained that the Dragon Army has an intention to attack a certain area, it must counteract it with violent and rapid counterattacks. If the enemy's defense line is built as a bridgehead within our front, no matter how big or small it is, it must be supported by artillery and air forces. Carry out a counterattack with support and clear the enemy's bridgehead as soon as possible... If a unit learns that its friendly positions have been breached and thus loses cover, the unit is not allowed to take a step back until all members are killed.It should be noted that all-out defense forms resistance, which is the same truth from division to company level troops! "

According to Wei Gang's idea, due to their strong defenses, these strongholds formed huge hedgehogs, and the hedgehogs were connected by roads and railways to form a huge net, through which the Longguo armor could be netted. The spearhead of the army's attack, thus dragging down the opponent and dragging the opponent to death.

On November 11, the fighting between the Iranian and French forces in the northern encirclement was still going on.At this time, General Henrio Noregiro, who had just served as the acting commander of the armored forces, found Weygand. He suggested that the remaining about 3 tanks in France should be organized into two mobile units.Once the dragon army breaks through, the two mobile units will take on the task of counterattacking from the two wings.In his opinion, at least the French army can win one or two battles without being defeated.

But the proposal was placed with General Weygand, and the old man only partially adopted the "heresy" opinion that had been clamoring for a long time.General Weygand asked Giro to put together two battlegroups from existing mechanized units, however, they forgot the most important point of Giro's proposal and left all the tank units still scattered among the various infantry units .According to Wei Gang, infantry units need chariot units so that they can resist the opponent's attack as much as possible.

Facing a crisis situation and growing pessimism in the cabinet.French President Charles de Gaulle couldn't sit still any longer. On November 11, he decided to reorganize the government again, but because the current situation was very critical, he did not dare to eliminate the two most important defeatists in the military—Pétain and Wey Gang, he only drove out There are several "old appeasementists" Daladier, Ramule, and Monzi in the cabinet, but in the new cabinet, there are more fake cynics and double-dealers who want to seek peace behind the surface than before the reorganization. few.After all, the current situation is very clear.There is no suspense about the defeat of France and Iran. Instead of hanging on the political stage, it is better to find a way to gain a foothold for yourself.As a result, many high-level French officials who held such and such ideas began to quietly send out their own contacts to contact Chinese high-level officials through third parties or even directly to seek a peaceful solution to the Iranian issue.

On the same day, an order issued by the French Army Headquarters brought another famous general into bad luck. This famous general was the failed defender of Iran, General Alphonse Juan.The French government accused this "heroic" defender of neglecting his duties, being arrogant, and not grasping the overall situation at all, so that the Chinese took advantage of the loopholes and broke through from the side, which has put the French army in a very serious situation so far. dangerous state.In view of this, the French Ministry of War and the cabinet decided to sentence Juan to death in absentia by a court-martial as an example to others.

Looking at this report, Feng Yuxiang sighed heavily. This report completely determined Zhu An's fate. At least now, even if he is still alive, he cannot return to France immediately.Although he was not to blame for this incident, even in Feng Yuxiang's view, many of Zhu An's strategic decisions were very decisive, which made Long Jun suffer a lot, but in the face of such a disastrous failure, someone has to take the place of the dead.Since those big shots have strong backers, the honorable mission of replacing the dead ghosts can only be given to Zhu An, who is not strong backers.more importantly.He is missing now, and to be precise, his life and death are uncertain. In this way, he has no chance to defend himself, and the truth of the matter can only become the so-called unofficial history forever.

"Commander in Chief!" Song Zheyuan quietly came to Feng Yuxiang, his words interrupted Feng Yuxiang's thinking.

"Ah? Zheyuan! You're back." Looking at his confidant, Feng Yuxiang sat up, waved his hands slightly, and said, "Is there any result at the Ministry of Army? Do we still have to be there? wait?"

"No, Commander-in-Chief." Song Zheyuan replied without hesitation: "The Ministry of the Army has sent a telegram. They asked us to rest as soon as possible so that we can rejoin the attack state. The troops of the 12th Army are coming from Kabul, and they will leave in a day's time." It can reach Tehran, and the assembly time stipulated by the Ministry of War is 48 hours. Then advance west to the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah."

After listening to Song Zheyuan's words, Feng Yuxiang picked up a magnifying glass and found this inconspicuous city on the map, which was located between Erbil and Kirkuk.The Tigris River in the middle squeezes out a big bend here, like a huge "ji" character.

"It's about 120 miles away from us! It seems that we have to prepare early!" Feng Yuxiang said, putting down the magnifying glass, "By the way, has the route for this attack been assigned?"

"Yes! All the attack routes have been arranged!" Speaking of this, Song Zheyuan's eyes suddenly flashed a very excited look. "Commander-in-Chief, according to the order of the Ministry of War, our mission is. Starting from Hamadan, attack westward. Go westward along Bakhtaran, passing Sulaymaniyah. Finally, our destination is Baghdad !"

"Commander, General Chen Cheng has arrived." A communications soldier rushed to Feng Yuxiang as if flying, and reported to Feng Yuxiang excitedly.

"Really?" Hearing the good news, Feng Yuxiang immediately put down the map in his hand, then stood up and said, "Quick! Change my clothes, I want to meet in person!"

Middle East Storm 8 Chapter [-] Freedom and Glory of France

Ten minutes later, Feng Yuxiang arrived at his temporary headquarters in front of the National Bank of Iran building in the center of Hamadan with his whole body hung up. Lieutenant General Chen Cheng, commander of the North Route Army in the Iran campaign, was waiting there. With his own arms and his head held high, he kept looking at the marble decorations on the entire building.

"Cixiu, you're back, you've done a good job, you've been awarded the top prize by the Ministry of Army." Feng Yuxiang patted Chen Cheng on the shoulder and said happily.

"Chen Cheng reports to the commander-in-chief!" Chen Cheng stood at attention and saluted a standard military salute.

Feng Yuxiang looked up and down at his subordinates with kind eyes, and said: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and you have made progress again. The two battles between Surrey and Amol brought out the prestige of our imperial army. The empire has a strong general like you. I'm really happy."

"This is still inseparable from your teachings! Besides, I think you are the most powerful general in the empire, because the entire plan we implemented was planned by you. We just followed you to perfect it. Therefore, you are the most outstanding general in the empire!" Chen Cheng said these words in a serious manner, not looking like he was flattering at all.

"Cixiu, I haven't seen you for a few days. Your commanding ability has improved, and you have even mastered the kung fu of flattering. Haha..." After exchanging pleasantries, they entered Hamadan's temporary headquarters.There, Feng Yuxiang had already presented luxurious Iranian Halal dishes to welcome Chen Cheng's triumphant return.

"Hiss!" A sharp silver knife gently cut a piece of bloody beef, and then a delicate fork picked out a smaller piece of meat, and then sent it into an opening table. big mouth.

"Cixiu!" Feng Yuxiang shook the goblet in his hand, and the deep red wine shone dazzlingly in the glass made of crystal.

"Commander-in-Chief, what's the matter?" Chen Cheng, who hadn't eaten meat for several months, kept stuffing chunks of beef into his mouth, and said vaguely, "Did you receive the telegram from the Ministry of War?" He then suddenly raised his head, He poured half a glass of red wine into his mouth, then smacked his lips slightly. "I heard from my colleagues in Beijing that the Ministry of the Army seems to think that our speed is a bit slow."

"Then what can I do!" Feng Yuxiang swallowed the beef in his mouth with great difficulty, then picked up a cup filled with clear water on the table, took a sip, and said, "You also saw that the French are on the other side of the Tigris River. The fortifications are very complete. If I rush over at this time, am I looking for death? So we have to wait for the opportunity.” After finishing speaking, Feng Yuxiang had wiped out the beef on the plate, picked up the cup on the table, and gulped down the plain water Come.

"There have been gossips in the country, saying that we have such an elite army in our hands, and we are still working here to earn military pay." Chen Cheng thought about it and said what he heard.

"There is no way!" Feng Yuxiang interrupted the other party, "Although our troops are elite, it will take a certain amount of time for the troops to assemble on such a long front from Tehran to Hamadan. The defensive position has been built long ago. Our artillery and combat engineers have not yet arrived. If we make an assault at this time, not only will we not achieve results, but we will lose troops. Therefore, I can only order the troops to rest where they are and continue to wait." Feng Yuxiang made his own reasons.

"But it's already November 11th! Commander-in-Chief, half a week has passed, and my troops have rested, and most of the equipment and troops have been adjusted..." Speaking of which, Chen Cheng put the glass in the cup He drank all the wine in one breath, and finally said: "You must know that the series of victories we have won in Iran have aroused the jealousy of many people in the country, and many people do not want you to succeed in the next war. I am here A friend from the Imperial War Department told me that some people have already started blowing the wind to Mr. Xu, saying that you missed the military plane here and wanted to use this to remove you. They also said that it is now a war and it is not yet the time to celebrate. ?”

"Haha!" Feng Yuxiang laughed loudly after hearing what his subordinates said. "Cixiu, don't worry." He paused and suddenly said loudly: "As for some clowns in China, I will let them know how powerful I am sooner or later. The Iran war has proved everything. I will use the Iraq war to let everyone Those who look down on me, Feng Yuxiang, shut up!" At this point, he raised the cup in his hand and threw it heavily on the ground, and the scattered crystal fragments flew in all directions like water spray.

"Commander-in-Chief!" At this moment, Song Zheyuan came in excitedly, his face full of excitement: "I just got the information that the troops of the French Seventh Army defending in front of us have withdrawn from Sanandaj. Troops are retreating towards Sulaymaniyah, which means the enemy line in front of us is empty!"

"This is what I'm waiting for!" After listening to Song Zheyuan's report, Feng Yuxiang stood up, and he pointed to Song Zheyuan: "You, immediately give Chen Jitang a power, and order all the armored units under your command to cross the Jiala River immediately, the 7th Armored Division Keep chasing along the road, be sure to annihilate the opponent's retreating main force on the road, and at the same time notify the air force to bomb and block the French army's retreat, and must stick the opponent to the road, order the 10th Panzergrenadier Division of the Western Expeditionary Army and the 12th Panzergrenadier Division to move quickly towards Sanandaj and make sure to capture the city in [-] hours."

"The French retreated?" Chen Cheng asked suspiciously.

"Yes!" Feng Yuxiang rubbed his hands excitedly and said loudly: "Finally they couldn't hold on anymore, they finally retreated, we won, and Iran is now China's!"

"What's going on? Why is this happening?" Seeing the excited look of the commander-in-chief, Chen Cheng was a little confused. He didn't know what happened, so he couldn't help but muttered to himself.

"The situation is very simple..." Feng Yuxiang said with a smile: "First of all, the area defended by the entire French army in Sanandaj is actually a salient. The salient, it is very good to be a bridgehead when attacking, but in the When defending, the problem of this protrusion is more obvious. First of all, the deployment of troops is more than that of a straight front, and it is particularly easy to be surrounded from both sides, so..."

"So, you took advantage of the opponent's unfavorable position in the salient, and used a tactic to transfer part of the troops to the two wings to make the main force ready to attack the opponent's two wings, and then exaggerated this behavior, making the opponent mistakenly think that the dragon Jun will really do that. In the end, Long Jun is still here to stand still, so that the opponent can't figure out our cards, and in this case, it is the most sensible way for the opponent to withdraw from the protrusion."

Chen Cheng is worthy of being one of the most powerful generals of the Western Expeditionary Army. After Feng Yuxiang just mentioned a few words, he deduced his tactics.After saying this, he couldn't help shaking his head: "While watching hundreds of senior generals in the empire, only you can have such a bold idea."

"Haha." After hearing what the other party said, Feng Yuxiang laughed loudly: "Cixiu is also very accomplished, and you have seen through things that the French did not see. Now the road to Iraq has been opened by us. It is time for us to act !” After finishing speaking, he suddenly shouted loudly: “Song Zheyuan! Order the headquarters to act immediately, we will go to Sanandaj tomorrow night!”

On November 11, after a week of waiting, the 14th Motorized Army of the Western Expeditionary Army finally started to move.Under the cover of the air force, the 11th Armored Division pursued the retreating French 7th Infantry Division and captured Sanandaj the next day.In another direction, the 4th Panzergrenadier Division of the Western Expeditionary Army also captured the western Afghan city of Ilam.The 9th Army that followed was also lined up along the Gala River, erected 19 pontoon bridges, and then quickly passed through this natural moat.

On November 11, at nightfall, the entire front of the French Weygand Line in Afghanistan was defeated. After 15 days of fighting, only 6 of the 11 French infantry divisions were left. The situation of the 3th Army was slightly Well, their line of defense continued to withstand the violent impact of the Dragon Army's 10th Armored Group.The 7th Army Group led by Tang Shengzhi himself has captured a vast area on the west bank of the Gala River and is outflanking Sulaymaniyah from the side. The fastest is the 8th Armored Group Army led by Chen Jitang. Only move, but the first come first.By 8 o'clock in the evening on November 11, the vanguard of this force had occupied the Afghan town of Compiègne, which is only 11 kilometers away from Sulaymaniyah. There, the defense line of the French Seventh Army had completely collapsed. Nor did they have any troops capable of holding back the advance of the other.

Feng Yuxiang was swinging the death scythe in his hand towards Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, at high speed!