Chapter 1106: Northwest
More than 1,000 veteran non-commissioned officers of the assault unit of the samurai army have climbed the collapsed city wall and climbed the city heads on both sides, and are constantly assaulting both sides of the city wall. The troops of the daredevils who followed closely behind also rushed into the city of Isfahan.
Seeing that the walls of Isfahan had been blown down, the defenders of Isfahan organized groups of heavy cavalry to gallop through the streets of Isfahan, and rushed like mad at the officers and soldiers who had just died.
"Buzz...... Buzz ......"
Several ********** planes emerged from the city, roaring towards Isfahan, almost clinging to the roofs of the houses, and incendiary bombs were dropped one after another.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
A group of Persian heavy-armored iron horsemen who were galloping through the streets were instantly engulfed by the flames that burst out. There were bursts of terrible screams and howls from the boundless sea of fire, and the Persian iron horsemen at the front rushed out of the sea of fire like burning men, but they were immediately knocked to the ground by the dense fire.
A large number of airships and ********** planes flew over the city of Isfahan and carried out a large-scale blockade bombardment of the streets near the breakthrough to cover the entry of a large force of the samurai army.
As more and more daring troops stormed the city, the battle of Isfahan was decided. The defenders inside the city also knew that the general situation was gone, and they opened the city gates in other directions one after another, trying to break through to the outside of the city, but the daredevils guarding outside the city had already set up blocking positions at the city gates.
The barrage consisted of "gun-trucking" four-wheeled wagons, 70-mm infantry and 60-mm mortars, and the Persian cavalry rushed out of the gates of Isfahan to the point that the men were overturned.
Fujita put down his binoculars and said to the generals behind him in a deep voice: "All the troops will enter the city in order, and a large-scale sweep will be carried out immediately after entering the city, I will only give you three days, and the troops should hurry up." Strive to clear the city of Isfahan in three days. ”
"Hi...... Hi ......"
Bursts of rapid military trumpets sounded one after another, and a large number of daredevils began to enter the city one after another, and then roared and rushed to all corners of the city, setting off a bloody storm in Isfahan.
Zhao Si and the others, who were patrolling outside the city, silently looked at Isfahan City in the distance. Although it was far away, there were bursts of fighting, screams, and cries from inside the city. They can still hear it clearly.
They could imagine that a terrible massacre was going on in the city at this time, and that the Persian defenders in the city and the refugees from all over the city could not escape the poisonous hands of these beasts.
The Persian campaign launched by the warrior army lasted more than a month. With the continuous fall of major towns such as Isfahan, Shiraz, and Tabriz, the Persian campaign also entered the second phase of fighting.
The various units of the Warrior Army began to break into pieces and carry out large-scale sweeps throughout Persia. The focus was on the southwestern region of Persia, the northwest and other mountainous areas to attack, and many Persian troops and refugees who fled into the mountains suffered a catastrophe of annihilation.
In the space of almost two months. The Warrior Army's Death Army units carried out horrific massacres in the Persian region, and millions of Persian civilians were systematically killed by the Warrior Army.
But more refugees fled into the neighboring Ottoman Empire, the Khiva Khanate, and the Bukhara Khanate, and in the years that followed, countless civilians in Persia died of starvation, and many others were enslaved and sold far away in neighboring countries. The Persian campaign launched by the Samurai Army was an absolute catastrophe for the Persian region.
The Persian campaign lasted more than seven months, but several members of the Standing Committee of the Far Eastern Army. However, he changed his habit of being on the battlefield in person in every major battle, and did not enter Persia even during the most intense period of the battle. Among them, Qiao Haipeng, who is in Herat. It was just a ride on the Persian fleet in the Persian Gulf, and it did not land.
The Far Eastern Company also did not send working groups to Persia during the Persian campaign. The only person who entered the Persian region was Pham Van Cheng, the head of the Far Eastern Intelligence Department in India.
He had stepped down from his post at the Indian Development Corporation and came to Persia to form the new Persian Gulf Development Company, with full responsibility for intelligence in the Persian Gulf region.
Later generations have different opinions on the evaluation of the Persian campaign. The Western and Eastern accounts of this period of history are very different. Historians from both the East and the West have been debating this period of history.
However, it is undeniable that the population of Persia during that period was more than half of that time in just a few years. Western historians say that the hegemonic empire of the East carried out a brutal and inhumane policy of genocide against the peoples of the Persian region.
In the eastern region of Lake Balkhash, a military meeting is underway at the headquarters of the Northwest Field Army's Western Advance Corps.
The military conference brought together a large number of high-ranking officers of the Far Eastern Army. Including Gao Jianguo and Li Ming, members of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission. As well as Song Tao, commander of the Northwest Field Army, and Qiang Quansheng, commander of the Northeast Field Army, all came to the headquarters of the Western Advance Corps.
The main purpose of this military meeting was to conduct the final study and discussion of the upcoming Kazakh and Siberian campaigns and to finalize the specific arrangements for the campaigns.
Gao Qiang, commander of the Western Advance Corps, and Wang Yaowu, commander of the Siberian Corps, respectively gave briefings on the preparations for the campaign. Shang Ming, chief of staff of the Northwest Field Army, also gave a detailed explanation of the specific implementation plan for the campaign.
After listening to the reports of several people, Gao Jianguo coughed, and the originally noisy war room suddenly quieted down.
"The Military Commission attaches great importance to the upcoming campaign, which is related to the smooth implementation of our Far East Company's plan to expand westward. I hope that all of you here will pay attention to it. Although our Far Eastern Army is invincible, we must also put an end to the idea of paralysis of the enemy, strive to annihilate the enemy's elite and vital forces to the greatest extent, and absolutely not turn into a crushing battle.
After more than a year of preparation, the material reserves of the various units were very sufficient, which was sufficient to support the two campaigns. In the next period of time, I will sit in the Western Advance Corps, and Li Ming, you will go to the Siberian Corps. Don't worry about anything, we won't be involved in the command, you can fight as you want. ”
Li Ming also added beside him: "The Military Commission has just received a telegram from the Southern Field Army, and the Persian campaign is progressing extremely smoothly. The attack of the samurai army was very fierce, and the course of the battle would be greatly advanced. Therefore, I ask everyone that after the campaign is launched, all units must fight in strict accordance with the plan formulated before, speed up the attack as much as possible, and not drag other fraternal units back. (To be continued.) )