Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 829 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, pondering what his friend said, and gradually became obsessed.

"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 spoke at the combat meeting. The request made to the troops stationed in Iraq.Based on this spirit, except for the 3 divisions defending the western line of defense, the other 9 divisions of the French army will be used to establish a new line of defense. 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 Henry Honoré Giraud, 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 again, but because the current situation was very critical, he did not dare to eliminate the two most important defeatists in the military, Petain and Weygand. He only drove out the cabinet members. There are a few "old appeasementists" Daladier, Ramule, and Monzi, but in the new cabinet, the number of fake cynics and double-dealers who are fighting on the surface and wanting to make peace behind the scenes has increased a lot compared to before the reorganization.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.France accused this "heroic" defender of neglecting his duties, being arrogant, and completely failing to grasp the overall situation, so that the Chinese took advantage of the loopholes and broke through from the side, which has put the French army in a very dangerous situation so far. status.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!"

(End of this chapter)