Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 857 Occupying the Ministry of Defense

Du Yuming ordered the soldiers to arrest a civilian at random. After interrogation, he found out that these civilians were running around for their own livelihood.Although the Chinese are constantly bombing, it doesn't matter to those civilians.Because, they still have to eat, as long as they are not killed by the bomb, they still have to eat.Therefore, regardless of whether Du Yuming and his squad came or not, the Iraqis had to work hard for their own survival.

Du Yuming and his convoy passed through the bustling crowds and continued to move forward. The Iraqis on the street looked very calm. They were indifferent to the Chinese soldiers who suddenly appeared in front of them, as if the Chinese should have appeared here in the first place.Du Yuming and others were not hindered, and they stopped in front of the Iraqi Ministry of National Defense.

The Iraqi Ministry of National Defense was hit by a bomb in an air strike three days ago. The four 1.2-ton bombs were almost reduced to a pile of rubble under the precise strike of the Lanxiang dive bomber, and there was no one around them. .Faced with this situation, Du Yuming immediately issued an order to set up machine guns and set up guard posts at the gate of the Ministry of National Defense.Then he asked his subordinates to remove the flag of the Republic of Iraq from the Ministry of Defense building and raise a five-clawed golden dragon flag.

When the Iraqis suddenly discovered that a five-clawed golden dragon flag was flying on the Ministry of National Defense building, which symbolizes their country's highest military power, people really felt that something was wrong.They moved closer to the Ministry of Defense building.These Iraqi civilians looked at Du Yuming and his subordinates with surprise and confusion.In the eyes of these ordinary people, the presence of Chinese people in the center of Baghdad is unimaginable to them, and everyone wants to see what happened.At this time, Du Yuming and the others only had 11 people. Facing thousands of onlookers, it was like facing a pack of wolves. As long as there was a little trouble, the 11 of them might become a delicious meal for these wolves at any time.I don't know who suddenly exclaimed in the crowd: "Chinese! Chinese mechanized troops are coming!"

Hearing this cry, the Iraqi civilians who had been watching immediately became agitated. They never thought that Chinese soldiers would be so close to them.More importantly, in their eyes, the mechanized troops of the Dragon Army are simply the incarnation of the devil.This yell was like dropping a heavy bomb on a calm lake. In just a short moment, all the people present began to get restless, and people quickly started running in all directions.

Seeing the Iraqis fleeing in all directions, Du Yuming couldn't believe his eyes. Originally, he was afraid that the Iraqi army would attack him after getting the information.Therefore, he asked his subordinates to immediately organize a simple line of defense. Two machine guns established a simple position on the ruins of the three-story Ministry of Defense building, and a sniper climbed up to a four-story church opposite.They stand ready to fight back against the Iraqi army and police who might show up.But a long time has passed, and the Iraqi army has not arrived.

At this time, Du Yuming suddenly realized that a huge opportunity to become famous had come, and the only test for them was courage and courage.Thinking of this, he immediately issued an order to take over the center of Baghdad immediately until the large army of the Dragon Army arrived.

At this time, at about 5:27 on May 17th, Du Yuming asked the soldiers to organize two patrol teams, with two platoon leaders each leading a three-member team, and began to follow the two patrol lines of the Ministry of National Defense. Walking forward on the street, he wants to tell the citizens of Iraq that the capital of Iraq has been occupied by the Chinese.

Next, Du Yuming withdrew the snipers on the roof, but still kept a machine gun post, and he and another machine gun post set up defense at the gate of the Ministry of National Defense. He even pulled out a chair, and everyone Ma Jindao sat on it, and then stared at all the Iraqis passing by on the street with indifferent eyes.

After a while like this, a Chinese man with gray hair and gentlemanly attire walked up to Du Yuming and asked in a low voice full of doubts: "Are you really the Chinese paratroopers?"

"That's right! Sir, we are soldiers of the Chinese Empire." Du Yuming replied affirmatively, and then he slowly said: "However, we are not paratroopers, we are members of the armored troops of the Western Expeditionary Army of the Empire. We arrived in Baghdad, but we encountered a little problem, our main force is still on the opposite side of the Tigris River. Of course, it is estimated that our main force will arrive tomorrow, there should be no problem, as long as they know the situation here!"

After listening to Du Yuming's explanation, the old man immediately showed a very excited look, his frown was gradually relaxed, and then he showed his ID to everyone present, the Chinese Consulate in Baghdad , Second Secretary. "On behalf of the entire staff of the Imperial Foreign Office and the Baghdad Consulate, I request you to go there immediately to defend our consulate and all the diplomatic officials inside. Sir, this concerns the honor of the Empire." Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help but Straightened his waist.

Since the other party brought up the honor of the empire, Du Yuming could only agree.After all, the opponent's hat was too big, and he couldn't resist it.Soon, Du Yuming recalled his small patrol team and hurried to the consulate.

At this time, the Chinese Consulate in Baghdad was already in turmoil, because this period of time was the most terrifying time for all diplomatic staff, although Iraq did not expel Chinese diplomats, and repeatedly promised that they would not launch attacks on diplomatic places like the consulate. , However, during this time, Iraqis continued to harass them.Those people threw Molotov cocktails and stones at this building representing the dignity of the Chinese people, and lit bonfires continuously. This kind of continuous spiritual destruction made everyone in the consulate feel uneasy.Everyone in the consulate hoped that Chinese troops would quickly enter the city to free them.

However, more and more news indicated that the soldiers of the Dragon Army did not seem to be planning to launch an attack on Baghdad, which made Chinese diplomats feel as if they were suffering in hell.At this time, they suddenly heard that a group of dragon troops had appeared near the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, and they were very likely to be Chinese paratroopers, but they didn't know the real situation of this dragon army.Because they did not get the news of Long Jun's entry into Baghdad through the radio, because the consulate has a high-frequency radio station that can directly contact Beijing.But there is a serious problem at present, that is, this station has a little problem due to the bombing, and it can only receive messages but cannot send any messages.Therefore, they can only monitor the radio information of the Dragon Army, but they cannot communicate with other departments of the Dragon Army, let alone send a telegram for help.Therefore, after receiving the news, they immediately sent a second secretary to contact Long Jun.

In the basement of the consulate, Du Yuming and his soldiers were warmly welcomed by Guo Taiqi, the consul of the Baghdad consulate, and others.

"Ambassador Guo, thank you very much for your hospitality!" After some warm hospitality, Du Yuming said with his tongue out, "I have two things I need you to do."

"Okay, brother, tell me!" Guo Taiqi blushed and nodded vigorously.

"One, our individual radios were lost while crossing the river. Now I need someone to cross the river immediately and inform our troops of our situation. Second, I need to find the mayor of Baghdad and have him face me. surrender!"

"Bang!" A glass fell on the table and broke into countless pieces.Everyone present was stunned, they couldn't help but look at Du Yuming, as if seeing an ancient tyrannosaur!
"Old Chen, I heard that your men charge very fast! Now they are the fastest troops. I congratulate you for this." On the north bank of the Tigris River 40 kilometers away from Baghdad, the armored army is before attacking Baghdad For the last rest, they set up a temporary headquarters with tents.Chen Jitang, the commander of the armored group, received the news that Feng Yuxiang, the commander-in-chief, had come to supervise the battle.

Feng Yuxiang visited this simple headquarters with great interest, and happily patted Chen Jitang on the shoulder.

Hearing the Commander-in-Chief's praise, Chen Jitang seemed to have drank two catties of old wine, and also seemed to have been in a Turkish sauna for several hours, as if his bones were no longer so heavy.Feng Yuxiang is not a general who praises others casually. This is also the first time that Chen Jitang has received face-to-face praise from the commander-in-chief.

Although my immediate boss is not old and seems to be weak, but it is terrible to get angry.At least he has been reprimanded by Feng Yuxiang since Jiang Baili's subordinates worked for the boss. Compared with Chen Cheng and Tang Shengzhi, the commanders on the north and south fronts, he always feels that the commander-in-chief treats him like a mistress, so, When Feng Yuxiang praised him so much, he felt a little flattered.

"Thank you Commander-in-Chief for your appreciation. However, this is due to the Commander-in-Chief's good guidance, and the surname Chen is at best lucky. We completely followed your tactics to carry out this long-distance raid, and it is only natural that we will win this time." .”

Feng Yuxiang is in a very good mood today, because he has just received a report from Basra.The report stated that the dragon army there had just captured the entire coastal port of Basra.At the same time, Chen Cheng's troops also sent a telegram from Najaf. The Dragon Army defeated the counterattack of two French divisions at the Fars Pass, 6 kilometers away from Najaf, annihilated two enemy brigades, and severely damaged the other two. brigade and the rest of the Iraqi militia.

(End of this chapter)