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"Wow, Chief, you know a lot. Can we go down and play?"

After flying north for less than an hour, I came to the sky near the desert.

In the distance, when a silvery desert appeared in sight, everyone including Yang Fan couldn't help but yelled, especially the girls who were so excited.

When it comes to deserts, we often think of the sky full of yellow sand.

In fact, due to the different minerals that make up the sand and stones, the desert presents many different colors, such as the colorful Arizona desert, the red Simpson desert, the black Karakum desert..., and the Yemen silver desert in front of you.

"Of course it's no problem. These two days are supposed to let everyone have a sneak peek, let's have fun and let's talk about it!"

Although he has long known the very unique silver desert in Yemen, after all, it is the first time to visit the scene in person today, and Yang Fan is also full of freshness.

Thoughts command actions, Yang Fan immediately followed suit and ordered the helicopter to land on a piece of Gobi Desert near the desert.

Three helicopters landed on the ground one after another, and Yang Fan and others jumped out of the helicopters one after another.

"Wow, that's so cool, hurry up, go over and see what's going on!"

"I'm going to take some back as souvenirs."

"Come on, let's go over and take some photos!"

"Hey, wait for me!"

As soon as they jumped off the helicopter, the girls began to have fun, chasing each other and running to the desert ahead, and began to have intimate contact with nature.

Before coming here, let alone the beautiful silver desert in front of them, they have never seen even an ordinary yellow sand desert. It would be strange if they were not excited at this moment.

Although the sun was shining brightly and the temperature was not low at the moment, it couldn't stop their excitement.

Yang Fan and others strolled forward with great interest, checking the surrounding environment and scenery while walking.

For them, appreciating the scenery is secondary, but it is important to experience the desert terrain, as well as the natural geographical conditions such as climate and environment.

Because the next main battlefield will be in the deserts of Africa.

"It's already winter, why is this place still so hot?"

After stepping on the soft desert and walking forward for about ten minutes, Meng Wuan felt his whole body start to heat up, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Yeah, it's too hot, and it's endless, it makes people panic just looking at it!"

Lu Shengfeng also began to feel the scorching heat, and subconsciously took off his general cap and waved it like a fan.

"The terrain of the desert is characterized by sparse vegetation and a wide field of view, but it is easy to get lost due to the lack of orientation."

At this time, Sun Liren also stopped and squatted on the ground, grabbed a handful of sand with his hands, and while leaking the sand, he said: "The soil in the desert area is loose, which is not conducive to traffic and construction.

At the same time, the water source in the desert is extremely scarce, and the temperature difference between day and night is very large, which is a test of the survivability of the troops. "

"Brother Fumin said that the desert environment and climate are really a new topic for us, we must be familiar with the environment!

Otherwise, the harsh desert conditions alone would be enough to make us drink a pot. "

Hearing Sun Liren's eloquent words, Duan Zhongyi became interested immediately, and asked with a smile: "I didn't expect you to have a lot of research on desert warfare. What are the details of desert warfare?"

"Brother De Pei praised it absurdly. It's not a study, but I read some books and materials when I was in the military academy."

Sun Liren waved his hands modestly, and then continued: "As far as I know, there are two most important points in desert warfare, the first is air supremacy, and the second is supply lines.

As for the details of the desert warfare, to be honest, I really don't know that well, but I believe that our chief must have a well-thought-out plan.

So I think it is the most suitable and useful for us to give us an on-site class at this time! "

It's not that Sun Liren wants to study Yang Fan, but he really thinks that Yang Fan understands more deeply than himself, and he really wants to learn something from Yang Fan.

"Okay! Then I'll tell everyone!"

Looking at the longing eyes, Yang Fan smiled and nodded. Before coming, he made up a lot of homework with everyone, and he also mentioned desert warfare.

But at that time, since everyone had not experienced the actual environment, it was difficult to understand the essence of it, so Yang Fan did not explain too much, but prepared to grind his guns after arriving at the place.

After sorting out his thoughts, Yang Fan began to teach on the spot: "Commander Sun was right just now, compared to ordinary land warfare, desert warfare is actually more like naval warfare, and its tactics are very close to naval warfare.

First of all, air supremacy is the top priority. It is no exaggeration to say that whoever controls the air supremacy in the desert war basically wins.

It's just that in the vast desert area, it is impossible to build an airport. In addition, the desert terrain is monotonous, and it is easy to get lost. Therefore, when fighting in the desert area, especially in the deep desert area, it is often difficult for the aircraft of both sides to play a big role. .

At this point, we are equipped with a large number of helicopters, and there must be a lot of room for maneuver by then. "

"Secondly, logistical support. Desert areas lack almost all the resources needed for combat, so logistical support has become one of the main factors affecting the outcome of a battle.

In this regard, we can lay water pipelines and oil pipelines to establish relay stations, and we can also use transport fleets and helicopters for transportation and so on. "

"The desert is good for mechanized troops such as tanks, armored infantry fighting vehicles, and self-propelled artillery. Desert operations must be mechanized, whether they are campaigns or tactics.

Therefore, compared with ordinary land warfare, desert warfare has very high requirements for mechanization and mobility.

Well-commanded, well-trained, and well-equipped modern mechanized units have a decisive advantage in desert operations.

You don't have to worry about this aspect. We have enough combat vehicles and sufficient transport vehicles to fully guarantee sufficient cross-country capabilities and maneuvering speed. "

"The most effective and quickest way to kill the enemy in desert warfare is the flank attack.

In desert combat, due to the lack of terrain to rely on, at least one flank of the defensive side is exposed to the attacker.

The flank attack thus became the most effective tactic in desert warfare, requiring all possible reconnaissance operations.

When the enemy's weakly defended or undefended flank is identified, one's main force is maneuvered to the enemy's open flank, from which a gap is opened into the enemy's rear.

Capture the enemy's rear targets before the enemy can respond effectively, destroy the enemy's logistics support system, and cut off the connection between the enemy's front and rear, thereby quickly defeating the opponent. ..."

Yang Fan talked eloquently, while Meng Wuan and others took out paper and pens to take notes seriously.

Chapter 1304 Harvest the mulberry elm and lose it in the east

Time flies like an arrow, the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle, and time passes quietly between the fingers.

In the past more than a month, the Huaxia Expeditionary Force has completed adaptive training, and it can be regarded as initially adapted to the climate and environment of desert operations.

Half a month ago, Yang Fan also organized a large-scale confrontation exercise as planned.

The total number of troops participating in the actual combat exercise reached as many as 55: the Chinese Expeditionary Force fought against the 22 troops of the British and American Allied Forces with 33 troops.

The powerful Chinese Expeditionary Army won the many with less without any suspense, and completely conquered the proud British and American troops, making them deeply understand that the Chinese Expeditionary Army fighting side by side is by no means a weak army, but a trustworthy army. And respect the Iron Army.

After a series of operations, the Huaxia Expeditionary Army not only firmly established its core position, but also gradually eliminated the sense of strangeness and estrangement with the British and American Allies, and the two sides have become one.

At the same time, the morale of the British and American troops has also been greatly improved, and it is no longer the same as before.

After completing the training and integration, the hundreds of thousands of troops in Yemen began to move to Egypt one after another, and the final preparations before the war were intensively launched.

The situation in the North African theater seems to be changing for the better.

On the domestic battlefield in China, the Huben army has successively recovered the Shandong plain area north of the Yellow River, Jinan Prefecture, and more than ten counties in northern Henan, and brought millions of people into the defense zone. The frenzy began to digest the current results of the battle with all its strength.

Of course, it is impossible for Yang Fan to let all the nearly one million troops idle. While trying his best to digest the newly occupied areas and new population, Yang Fan also ordered Miao Dadong to launch a strong attack on the surrounding Japanese-occupied areas such as Laiwu, Tai'an, Feicheng, and Surabaya to further expand the occupation. district.

Since the devils want to develop wretchedly with all their strength, I can't make them happy on my side. Even if these places are hard bones, they must be bit by bit.

On the Soviet side, there were mixed feelings.

Despite the fall of the Far East, the Post-Belga Military Region is also facing threats from the Mongolian Army and the Kwantung Army, and the European battlefield is facing onslaughts by more than 500 million German troops and servants, and the land area is still shrinking.

However, the Soviet Red Army, relying on its strong will and continuous material assistance, was stunned to withstand the frenzied attack of the German army.

When the time entered the end of the year, when the harsh winter came again, the Soviet Red Army miraculously stabilized the front line at Leningrad, Kirov, and Stalingrad.

As time entered the end of 41, as the temperature in Northern Europe entered minus 40 degrees or even 50 degrees, a large number of technical equipment of the German army experienced varying degrees of failure.

No matter how hard the German army tried, it was still unable to cross the solid defense line of the Soviet army.

Due to climatic factors, the head of state had no choice but to order a temporary suspension of the offensive.

It's just that "harvest the mulberry elm and lose the eastern corner". On this front, the Soviet Red Army stabilized the line of defense, but collapsed in the North Caucasus.

After the German army blitzed the Soviet Union, after more than a year of fighting, the head of state focused his attention on the Caucasus region, which mainly produces food and oil.

The German Supreme Command implemented a combat plan code-named "Sagegrass" in an attempt to encircle and annihilate the Soviet troops deployed in the south and southeast of Rostov and capture the North Caucasus.

Once the North Caucasus is occupied, the German army will use an army group to detour from the west to the main line of the Caucasus Mountains and capture Novorossiysk and Tuapse; another army group will detour from the east to capture Groni, Baku and other places.

The ultimate strategic goal of the "Sagegrass" combat plan is to break through the southern mountains, establish direct contact with the 26 Turkish divisions deployed on the Soviet-Turkish border, and create conditions for the invasion of the Near East and the Middle East.

The Caucasus region was a famous grain production base in the Soviet Union at that time, and it was also the location of the Baku oil field.Taking the Caucasus can not only provide supplies to the German army, but also create an excellent opportunity to invade the Middle East and the Near East and cut off the connection between the British and French colonies and the mainland.

Up to now, the German army and the Soviet army have launched several months of mountain warfare in the Caucasus Mountains and captured several mountain passes, posing a serious threat to the Caucasus hinterland.

With the successive victories of the Axis Alliance, Turkey has already begun to waver. If they hadn't lost too badly in World War I and had extremely serious psychological shadows, they might have joined the Axis Alliance and declared war on the Soviet Union.

We all know that Turkey and the Soviet Union are standard feuds, and the war between the two countries has lasted for hundreds of years because of religious and territorial disputes.

In World War I, Turkey was divided by 70% of the country by the Allies because it was on the wrong side.

Now that the world situation is in chaos, the Axis Allies have taken advantage, and the Soviet Union can't even defeat the Japanese. Turkey is naturally extremely jealous.

At this time, Turkey wants to jump out to take a share of the pie to retaliate against the feud, and by the way restore the glory and vast territory of the Ottoman Empire back then, which is naturally reasonable.

Obviously, under such circumstances, once the German army breaks through the southern mountains and establishes direct contact with the 26 Turkish divisions deployed on the Soviet-Turkish border, it will definitely become the last straw that crushes the camel.

Once Turkey turns to the Axis alliance, a series of chain reactions will inevitably occur in the world situation, and the balance of victory in the war will definitely be greatly tilted towards the Axis alliance again.

At this time, the Allied Army Headquarters could no longer sit still, and began to send urgent telegrams a day urging Yang Fan to immediately lead the army to counterattack North Africa to defeat the Rommel Army, and allocated some troops to rush to the Caucasus region to help the Soviet Caucasus Front Army defend the Caucasus line of defense.

Allied High Command, North Africa Theater, Cairo, Egypt, December 1941, 12.

杨帆终于召集华夏北非远征军第1集团军、第2集团军、美军第7集团军以及英军第8集团军、第18集团军群所有少将以上军官，召开军事研讨会议。

Stars twinkled in the huge war room of the headquarters, dozens of generals gathered together, and it looked very lively.

But in fact, everyone's faces were not very good-looking, especially British generals such as Cunningham, commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, Alexander, commander-in-chief of the 18th Army Group, and Rich, commander-in-chief of the British 8th Army, all had ugly faces. His wrinkled face was as heavy as water, and there were thick dark circles around his eyes.

Their poor state is not because of overwork last night, nor is it because of some bloody drama with Yang Fan and the Huaxia Expeditionary Army.

It's because of a heartbreaking and shameful incident that happened last night: the British Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet in Alexandria, Egypt was attacked by the Italian army and suffered heavy losses!

Chapter 1305 Frogmen Troop

Back to 9 hours ago, the port of Alexandria, Egypt.

It was late at night, and the sky and the earth were shrouded in thick darkness. Except for the flickering cold stars in the sky, and the sporadic lights on the port pier, all the space was filled with blackness.

There was no wind tonight, and the pitch-black sea near the port seemed extremely quiet, except for the sound of patrol boats and the waves rolling on the coastline, there was no other sound.

Dozens of British ships moored in the port of Alexandria were gently undulating with the waves. Except for a few sailors who were on duty at night, most of the sailors on the ships were immersed in dreams.

In two days, it will be Christmas, the traditional western festival. The naval officers and soldiers of the British fleet are all relaxed and happy, and they are silently looking forward to the arrival of Christmas.

However, it was such a peaceful and quiet night, but there was a fierce murderous intent hidden.

I don't know when, several deep and long black shadows floated on the sea in the distance, and 8 Italian navy "frogmen" drove 4 human torpedoes in twos and quietly approached the port of Alexandria under the cover of night.

During World War II, many countries had such a magical force: they belonged to the navy.Troops responsible for underwater reconnaissance, blasting and performing special combat missions are called "frogmen" because of the swimming tools in the shape of frog feet in their equipment.

This is an amphibious force that swims underwater for a long time and is equipped with masks, flippers, rubber jackets, and oxygen tanks for special tasks.

The Japanese frogman force during World War II was known as the death squad, but the Japanese frogman plan ultimately failed.

However, another Axis country once used a six-man frogman force to severely damage the two main battleships of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, causing the British Royal Navy to lose its absolute advantage over the Axis fleet in the Mediterranean. Watching helplessly as the German reinforcements commanded by Rommel landed in North Africa.

This frogman sneak attack is the most successful sneak attack in the history of the Italian Navy, and the results achieved can be described as far-reaching.

Coincidentally, the same event finally happened in the current time and space, and this time it was not 6 frogmen, but 8 frogmen.

In the European battlefield and the North African battlefield, the allied forces of Italy and Germany have an advantage in attacking cities, but the actual presence of the Italian army is very weak, which can only be described as fighting and assisting.

But in the Mediterranean waters, the Italian Navy can be said to be a typical snake.

Although the Royal Navy still has the world's largest surface combat force with the largest displacement, it is far behind the Italian Navy in terms of the Mediterranean Sea.

At this time, the Italian Navy had 6 battleships, 19 light and heavy cruisers, and hundreds of other ships. In addition, it could also receive support from German submarines. Quite a bother.

而这个时候的英国在地中海附近的海上力量只有6艘战列舰、2艘航母、1 艘战列巡洋舰、22艘驱逐舰和12 艘潜艇。

Before dispatching the frogman troops this time, in order to be able to overturn the British Mediterranean Fleet, the Italian Navy had conducted several battles with the British Fleet in Calabria, off the coast of Crete, Cape Taiulada and Cape Matapan. Outside the naval battle.

In addition to this, the Italian Navy continued to conduct naval battles to attack and protect transport convoys, as well as naval and air patrol encounters.

At this stage, the British sea transport fleet was attacked by the Italian navy and suffered heavy losses.

However, the British Mediterranean Fleet is relatively strong and well organized and commanded. Therefore, the Italian Navy can only use light forces to cooperate with submarines and aviation to harass and destroy the British Mediterranean escort convoy.

When facing the British battleships on the high seas, the Italian navy could not take advantage of it, so it repeatedly launched large-scale sneak attacks on this most important British military port, but each time the results were very limited.