Compared with a few months ago, Kuwait City has changed drastically. It has become a large military camp surrounded by trenches and barbed wire. The old, young, women and children in the city have been evacuated to Basra City in the north, as well as the 20th General Reserve Corps.

Ninth Army, Armenian Legion.

Thanks to long-term accumulation, food shortages did not exist for the Ottoman Eighth Army. The road between Kuwait and Basra was not cut off, thanks to the sixteen 310 mm train guns placed in the north of the city. This

This train gun is absolutely an invincible weapon in the Persian Gulf.

Under normal circumstances, as the siege lasts longer and longer, the mood of the defenders becomes worse and worse. The soldiers only have a little ammunition with them, and every time they shoot, there are one less bullet. There are already few cannons and shells.

Almost all of them were exhausted. Fortunately, the Kuwaiti defenders did not appear in this situation.

When a Japanese division tried to take a detour and cut off the connection with northern Kuwait from the northwest, it was bombarded by the defenders using train guns. The most recent war the Japanese army fought was the Russo-Japanese War with Imperial Russia, so there was a legacy left behind

A very fatal flaw is that it believes that Long Live Charge is effective.

Later in the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army used a suicide charge to attack the Lushun Fortress occupied by the Russian army. Under the bombardment of Russian machine guns and heavy artillery, a large number of Japanese soldiers fell to the ground and died, so that more than half of the attacking troops suffered casualties. From then on,

From a tactical perspective, this battle has proven the brainlessness of the Long Live Charge.

However, the Russo-Japanese War ended with the victory of the Japanese army, which once again strengthened the Japanese army's confidence in using this tactic.

The Ottoman Eighth Army was a legion built with Sheffield's efforts. Let's not talk about training and morale. Whether it can compete with the world's famous powerful armies, but it is absolutely luxurious in terms of weapons. Amidst the crazy charge of the Japanese army, at the end of the day, there are

More than 18,000 Japanese soldiers were killed.

Of course, this day's harvest has not changed the fact that the south and west of Kuwait are semi-surrounded by the British and Indian Army, but it is still okay to celebrate, even though the British and Indian Army's position is already ten kilometers away.

There are nearly 300,000 soldiers of the British and Indian Regiment there.

The Battle of Kuwait is now looking more and more like the Dardanelles Landing Battle that took place at the same time. The defenders had the advantage and the attackers had to die! This was also the main feature of trench warfare in World War I.

Due to the nature of the German military empire, it was still unable to reduce casualties during the attack. It was indeed a bit difficult for the British and Indian Army, whose main force was Indian soldiers, to do better than the German soldiers.

Standing around the trenches and glaring at each other is not the purpose of both sides. The British still hope to chew through this stone blocking the road. Anyway, India has a lot of people. As long as it recruits troops from India at all costs, Kuwait will sooner or later be unable to withstand it.

This is what troubles Sheffield very much. The distance between the Persian Gulf and British India is really not that far, and the British can indeed do this.

John Connor has contacted his boss via telegram and explained the situation here one by one. In fact, the slave owner does not believe in the confidentiality of radio telegrams, unless he thinks that his technology has surpassed the German military.

Sheffield only said some useless words in the telegram, which together are not enough to fill a single line of a telegram.

If it's less than one line, it's to activate the original plan. If it's two lines, it's to think of other ways. So the meaning of this response is to continue to stick to the previous plan.

News of the Battle of Jutland also spread throughout the Middle East. From any perspective, this naval battle caused heavy losses to the British Royal Navy. Propaganda has no effect on the current Middle East because the Ottoman Empire is a member of the Allies. Chapter 1

Everyone in the Eighth Army understood that the British had suffered a big loss.

Kuwait City, Eighth Army Headquarters. John Connor paced back and forth. The staff were busy sorting out information from all parties and promptly marking the latest situation on the combat map.

"My friend, we are about to spend the second Christmas in this ghost place. Is there still no movement from the British and Indian Army in the south?" John Connor suddenly stopped. The icon representing the western coastline of the Persian Gulf on the map,

It looks very dazzling.

"Calm down, John, can the boss still default on our wages? Although the current situation is indeed a bit difficult, I believe that the Anglo-Indian Army, especially the Japanese, must be even more miserable. The current position depends on sufficient accumulation, and

Constantinople and Berlin also know the importance of us guarding the estuary. Supplies have been flowing in continuously and are sent through the inland river. We have a complete defense system and sufficient supplies, so there is nothing to worry about." Brown answered without thinking.

road.

"The boss once said that when the number of people reaches a certain level, the invisible pressure is indescribable. I originally thought that was just an exaggeration, but now I know that there may be 300 million people in British India, and they can come in a steady stream, and finally it is

I understand what this feeling feels like." John Connor was already a little irritable and lowered his voice, "Now the battle line is stable. With the ability of the British and Indian Army, many people will die if they attack by force, but we cannot continue like this."

"Yes, the potential impact must be taken into account. The British are really crazy and sending Indians over in a steady stream. This is really a troublesome matter. I remember that a few months ago the boss had a telegram mentioning India.

This place is like a person lying under the wheel of blackmail, pretending to be a victim, and not thinking that he is responsible at all. The boss said there is only one solution, start the car and crush him to death." Brown shrugged, but there was still some

He hesitated and said, "I just don't know if now is the time."

"That's right, I want to start the car right now to crush the blackmailing bastard. There is only one chance for us! Use the motorized army to carry out a long-distance attack, and at the same time launch a full-scale counterattack against the British and Indian Army's position. At one time, we will

All the British and Indian regiments besieging Kuwait City have been wiped out." John Connor turned his head, gestured at the situation on the map and said, "With the current situation, I don't know how many more Christmases we will have to spend in the Persian Gulf."

Brown also reluctantly admitted that after the Battle of Kuwait began, the two of them had tried to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the British and Indian Army to test the quality of this opponent. They launched a small-scale charge against the enemy on the opposite side.

After that, they never launched an attack again. Instead, they dug trenches one after another on the same spot. They stared at each other across the trenches and occasionally used small artillery to bombard the opponent. This situation continues to this day.

"Is it like a bulldozer? Maybe we should study this matter with General Qed Selayan." Brown stood there thinking for a moment and said.

Zidselayan is the commander of the Armenian Legion of the 29th Army, the general reserve force in Basra. Of course, Basra still has almost all the motorcycles and trucks in the hands of the Eighth Army.

The three armies currently defending Kuwait are the Assyrian Legion of the 26th Army, the Greek Legion of the 27th Army, and another Armenian legion designated as the 28th Army.

In the First World War, 1916 was considered to be the year that determined the direction of the war. In this year, the Allies and the Entente fought several fierce battles, including the Somme and Verdun battles.

After a year of fighting, the two sides began an unprecedented cruel fight.

"You can write anything to Kuwait's reply, but it must not be more than one line in the telegram." Sheffield said to Jesra, "War is a thing that makes people grow. If at the beginning, both sides still retained a kind of aristocratic stupidity.

After fighting for more than a year now, this stupid aristocratic spirit should wake up. I am not slandering European countries. In this regard, they are not even as good as the Ottoman Empire."

This kind of telegram with less than one line of letters is very rare in telegrams with Kuwait. Slave owners always use clear code telegrams when communicating with Kuwait. Sheffield is also a talkative, and usually uses the contents of several pages of telegraph newspapers to convey the message.

Ask about everything about Kuwait, and laugh at the strength of the British and Indian Army.

I believe that the British intelligence officers who monitored the radio felt very happy when monitoring Kuwait. The workload was too low.

From the very short telegram sent by John Connor, Sheffield understood that the Kuwaiti defenders had begun to counterattack. At the same time, the reply also expressed recognition. From this look, it was regarded by the two major military camps in history as an important year of the decisive battle.

The battle will begin in the Persian Gulf in the Middle East.

The slave owners suddenly felt a huge historical responsibility shrouding their bodies. At present, in terms of situation, the Allies are still in a comparative advantage. Except for the Italians, who have made little progress, the Allied Powers have either been occupied by the whole country or a part of their territory.

, it’s obvious who takes advantage.

If the first important battle victory in the decisive year begins in the Persian Gulf, there is no doubt that this will have a huge exciting effect on this camp. But if this is the case, Sheffield seems to be brushing against the British again.

A wave of presence.

The slave owners were caught in a tangle, but fortunately at this important turning point in history, there were always people who risked their lives to stop the gun. Because of the failure in the Battle of Jutland, Britain decided to shrink part of its naval power to defend the homeland. By 1916

In 2001, Britain began to withdraw its troops from the Dardanelles landing battle, admitting the failure of this amphibious landing battle.

At the same time, the news came that Churchill, as Lord of the Admiralty, had to resign as Lord of the Admiralty due to the failure of the Battle of Jutland and the Dardanelles Landing Battle. This was regarded as reparation for these two battles that frustrated British citizens.
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