Yanbu is a city with a long history, the earliest records of the city date back to 324 BCE, when Alexander the Great sent a naval commander under his command to inspect the Red Sea coast, apparently not for peace, but died in Babylon just before the conquering king could make his own move on the Arabian Peninsula.

Yanbu means alluvial in the local language, and the annual rain from the mountains flows into the Red Sea along the dry valley between the mountains, where the soil is silted up to create an oasis that stretches for more than 40 kilometers from the Hejaz Mountains to the Red Sea coast, and there is an abundant source of fresh water underground.

Around the 1st century B.C., it was an important maritime supply station for the Arabian spice trade routes, with large quantities of frankincense and myrrh from the Orient being transported by sea to Nabataean via Yanbu, then overland to Gaza and finally loaded onto ships across the Mediterranean.

At that time, the Arab merchants almost monopolized the golden line, but unfortunately they met the Roman Emperor Augustus, and Octavian would not sit idly by and let his gold go to waste, so he sent Elius. Gallus led an army to invade the Red Sea coast with the intention of getting a piece of the spice business between India and Arabia. At that time, Yanbu was still under the rule of the Nabataeans, and the Roman troops stationed in Yanbu often raided the nearby Arab tribes. It was only after the rise of the Axumite Empire on both sides of the Red Sea that the Roman Empire was forced to withdraw from the region.

The port city has always been the most important transit port for goods on the eastern coast of the Red Sea, and it is also the only outlet to the sea in the holy Medina, and Yanbu is right on an important mountain pass in the Hijaz (also known as the Hejaz Mountains), a mountain range in the western Arabian Peninsula, with an altitude of more than 3,000 meters and an internal rift valley with dense mountain roads, but at that time there were only six mountain passes leading to the Red Sea coast.

From the 7th century to the beginning of the 20th century, Yanbu was the landing site for pilgrims from North Africa to Medina, and every year they benefited from these devotees. During the Ottoman Empire, Yanbu became a city under the direct jurisdiction of the Empire, and all officials were appointed by the imperial government, and an armed force was stationed to maintain the authority of these Turkish officials.

However, the area has never been outside the control of the local Arab nomadic tribes, and since the first century AD it has been under the traditional control of the Juhaina and Bani Qaib tribes. During World War I, Ibn Saud sent his fourth son, Faisal. The Prince of Saud traveled to Yanbu to recruit and train the Arab army, which was the prototype of the Kingdom's regular army, and most of the 8,000 Arab soldiers recruited by Faisal were people of the Juhaina tribe.

The reason why the Saudi family chose to train soldiers here is because the British have always imported aid materials and weapons to Saudi Arabia through the port of Yanbu, which is the main reason why the British know so much about this sea area. After the establishment of the Saudi state, Yanbu was still a city directly under the jurisdiction of the kingdom, and the status of this port was very important, and it could also bring certain profits to the royal family through import and export trade every year.

However, after Saudi independence, because of problems with the British, British merchant ships from India to Egypt no longer docked at Saudi seaports, and the port of Yanbu gradually fell into depression, and many residents lost their jobs, many chose to try their luck at the port of Jeddah, 200 miles away, while many others migrated to inland cities with their families, where they could rely on planting and grazing to make a living.

At this time, it was just dawn, and there was only one cargo ship transporting dates for export and two coastal ferries docked at the berth at the wharf. Abdul. Harrig, the night watchman at the port, spread out the prayer rug on the roof deck of the watch room as usual, and then began his daily morning prayer facing Mecca, where the loud muzzle sounded on the towering minaret in the center of the city, signaling the beginning of a new day.

But Harrig never dreamed that while he was praying prayers, a small invasion was underway on a beach twenty kilometers from the port of Yanbu.

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"Keep course! Be sure to follow the route! The captain of the landing craft, wearing an M40 naval steel helmet, yelled at the helmsman.

"It's a green flare, sir." The anti-aircraft machine gunner behind the cab shouted loudly. The flare was fired by the amphibious reconnaissance team on the Archangel, and the green flare indicated that the target area was safe and no enemy units were found within a kilometer of the perimeter.

"Steady, don't deviate." The captain reminded the helmsman again, and then raised the telescope on his chest.

"When the engine is ready to start, when rushing off the springboard, be careful not to move too hard." Irma. Sergeant Snarle bowed his head to the driver, then leaned out of the turret as he stepped on the captain's seat.

"Saber-toothed Tiger" and the historical "Puma" has many details of the difference, at that time the "Puma" used the German Army II L "Bobcat" reconnaissance tank turret, it was found that after installing this turret, the FZ234/2 wheeled armored vehicle in terms of speed, protection and firepower surpassed the "Bobcat" reconnaissance tank, but forced the "Bobcat" tank to be eliminated by the German army early, and only 100 units were built before and after the production was stopped.

This is a reconnaissance armored vehicle that can wrestle with a medium tank, and its 50mm gun can even threaten the T34 tank within 500 meters.

The appearance of the FZ234 was already two years earlier than the real history, and it was originally designed as a replacement for the 231 eight-wheeled armored car. Now, because of the wings of a certain apostle of God, this armored vehicle designed for fighting in the tropics has appeared in front of people early.

Compared to the 231, the 234 has increased the thickness of the frontal armor and reduced the overall height of the vehicle, while the chassis has been raised in height due to the improved drive structure. Xu Jun equipped the armored car with an improved version of the "Lynx" turret, which retained the original pig-nose cannon shield, lengthened the turret, and installed a commander's conning tower on top.

This armored car, like its predecessors, is equipped with two driving systems, front and rear, and a steering wheel at each end, so that there is no need to make a U-turn when retreating. There were four crew members in the car, the driver, the radioman, the commander and the loader, the radioman who worked as the rear driver if necessary, and the commander who also served as the gunner.

"The last thirty meters!" Sergeant Snarl bowed his head and announced to his subordinates in the cabin. The crew members sat upright in their seats, clinging to the parts around them that could hold their bodies in place, ready to withstand the impact of the landing craft at the moment of beaching.

"Ten meters! Get ready! Snarle yelled.

After a few seconds, everyone heard the screeching sound of grinding sand and gravel under the ship, the propellers of the landing craft had stopped spinning, and the steel hull slowly climbed onto the beach with tens of tons of huge potential energy.

"Put down the springboard!" The captain of the landing craft gave a loud order with the MG40 machine gun in his hand, and the operator on the side pressed the lever hard, and the heavy steel gangplank door quickly fell forward with a tooth-aching-sounding sound of metal grinding, and then slammed into the sand.

"Forward!" Sergeant Snarr leaned out of the conning tower, waving his right hand held high.

The engine of the eight-wheeled armored car let out a pleasant roar, the driver skillfully pushed the gear lever, slightly stepped on the accelerator under his feet, and the saber-toothed tiger began to move slowly, and the rubber tires were crushed by the non-slip stiffeners welded to the side of the gangplank door.

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"The second platoon is landing! Sir, everything went very well. Captain Wagner held a high-powered telescope in his hand and reported loudly to the battalion commander.

"There was no resistance, which we expected." Captain Kurt looked down at the map on the table.

"Gentlemen, let's go too. At noon today, we are going to celebrate the victory at the port of Yanbu. Wycombe straightened the hem of his uniform and picked up the steel helmet that had been placed on the table.

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