Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 830 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 art 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." At this point, Chen Cheng poured out all the wine in the glass. He drank it in one breath, and finally said: "You must know that the series of victories we have achieved 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 in the Imperial Army A friend from the Ministry told me that someone has already started blowing the wind to Mr. Xu, saying that you missed the military plane here and wanted to use this to remove you, and that it is now a war, and it is not the time to celebrate the victory yet?"

"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. A salient, it is very good to be a bridgehead when attacking, but in defense At that time, the problem of the salient was more obvious. First of all, the deployment of troops was more than that of a straight front, and it was particularly easy to be encircled 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!
Now the small country of Iraq has no choice at all in the face of the swarming retreat from Iran and the large number of French troops sent from Europe. Facing the ferocious Chinese army, they have no time to ask for assistance from their masters, the Soviets. Now there is France , and only France is the lifeline of Iraq!

In the early morning of November 11, the Dragon Army's attack on Sulaymaniyah began on time.The French positions on the south bank of the Tigris River were fiercely attacked by the Dragon Air Force and artillery.The armored troops of the Dragon Army immediately launched an assault.In the past ten days.The patchwork forces of the French army quickly built a fairly complete line of defense along the Tigris River, and now they have to go through the severe test of China's air-to-ground blitzkrieg.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of this day, General Weygand issued a gorgeous order: "The battle of Iraq has begun, and now I order to stand firm and not to retreat. With an unshakable determination in the breast, the fate of our country, the security of its liberty, the future of our children, all depend on your tenacious support. Go! For the liberty and glory of France, to fight to the death with the enemy !"

(End of this chapter)