At this time, the old port of Baghdad, when the first batch of 300,000 people disembarked here, it became a busy port, materials, personnel and equipment, and even some construction machinery, since it came, it was not to come and see, first of all, to take root, in this piece of land from Baghdad to Basra, the Chinese can create a huge urban belt like a miracle.

Between Baghdad and Basra, it can become a port, but there was no need before, a Basra port has enough throughput, but once the oil in the Middle East is exposed, the Middle East, which occupies more than the average oil reserves of the whole world, is not a lot of ports with amazing throughput

If China only controls the new port of Baghdad, it may not be exploited, after all, a radius of 30 kilometers cannot block the eyes of the outside world, but if there is a vast land from Baghdad to Basra, and on both sides of the Persian Gulf, everything will not be a problem, in a specific area, the oil wells will be erected, a certain forbidden area will be demarcated, secret mining, and then control the port, just transport the oil back, and even in the future, when the Germans really occupy Baku, it will be more convenient, very simple, You can mix this oil into Baku's production, and when Germany can export 50 million tons, it will be no problem to mix in the same amount.

At this time, the second batch of Lanfang's army is marching rapidly in the Indian Ocean, and it is expected to arrive in Basra within 5 days, and the first batch of troops has been resting for more than 7 days and has gradually adapted to the environment of the entire Middle East.

First of all. Of course, the special forces were sent, and the first ones came. There are 15,000 reconnaissance troops, 5,000 real special forces. They will be organized into 10 groups, through airships, planes to the back of Baghdad, the Allied army, along the 3B railway, all the way to the Turkish border, Turkey also mobilized heavy troops, ready for battle.

The Entente did not fight with Turkey, and Mark knew very well. At this time, the Entente troops, which had suffered heavy losses, could not afford the ability to fight with Turkey, although Turkey was weak enough, but there was still a Germany standing behind him, just a Middle East, too far away, Germany might not pay attention, but Turkey was even more important, almost entering the core area of the Central Powers. Even if Germany tried to draw soldiers from other fronts, it would have intervened.

It was also unacceptable in the strategy of the Allies as a whole, although strategically forced Germany to draw troops from other parts. It was also extremely important for the strategy of the Entente as a whole, but the 3B railway was even more important, even if it was a situation in which the Middle East was united. They wanted to cut him off, but rushed into Turkey. Maybe, it will make all the previous efforts go to waste. This is unacceptable.

Therefore, after a little persecution of Turkey, it retreated, and among all the cities that had been occupied, one or two thousand people per city were retained, just to hold this city, and the rest all returned to Baghdad, in Mark's view, 200,000 people were concentrated in Baghdad, with the help of the city of Baghdad to build a defensive line, and then stubbornly defend here, even if Germany came to attack, as long as they strictly defended it, and even the Entente side provided sufficient logistical supplies, it should be no problem.

The desert is responsible for blocking the army, and the Allied countries have dispatched a transport team, Zheng Shusen is already preparing to meet the second batch of troops, in this regard, it is just a little unexpected, but it has also been dealt with accordingly, the special forces responsible for blocking the oasis, first find a safe area to rest, let these supply convoys pass, and then close the door to beat the dogs.

It is precisely because of the efforts of the special forces that the arrival of the Lan Fang army was only known after 20 days for the Entente army, and in 20 days, Lan Fang's troop transport ships came over a total of 2 times, unloading 700,000 troops, a small Basra port, concentrating so many people, if it were not for the new port to support a large number of board houses and tents, maybe it would really be impossible to live.

After the arrival of the second batch of troops, Zheng Shusen was here in Basra, leaving 100,000 people to guard it, and then, the Lan Fang army had to move forward, and after some serious thinking, on the original basis, four more teams, each team of 100,000 people, went in the opposite direction towards the four in Baghdad.

The first battle was 35 kilometers away from Basra, where there was a train transfer station, which was responsible for the transfer of supplies from Baghdad and materials from China, and the task of transferring and loading trucks, itself had 2 divisions of French troops here, but Mark and others continued to be transferred, and only 2,000 Allied defenders remained.

The cannon roared, the Lan Fang army came quite suddenly, the 2000 French army did not react at all, the Lan army in terms of equipment, and the Chinese army is the same grade, the first wave of attacks, it gave the Entente a dismount, in the first wave of artillery fire, their casualties have been more than half, after a wave of attacks, the defenders chose to surrender, the first battle was won, none of them escaped.

The army was followed by a construction team that strengthened the city's defenses as quickly as possible, repaired the railway line as much as possible, and tried to restore the normal traffic between the old and new ports of Basra.

Next, the entire Lan army was like a bamboo, and the evenly distributed personnel of the Entente army became the various warring states that were broken, 2000, 3000, in just 7 days, the Lan army fought 11 times, annihilated 18,000 enemies, and achieved a series of victories.

If it's just like this, it's not terrible, the most terrible thing is that Lan Fang marched from many directions, especially the landing of the airship, those special forces and scouts, dealing with the scattered Allied troops, it was simply overwhelming, almost occupying the strategic points near Baghdad, the Allied army was in a 150-kilometer field, 240 kilometers wide long area, it looked huge, the Entente had a lot of room for maneuver, but with the help of special forces in the field, they had no way to escape.

A series of bad news, one place did not flee another, there were many battles, there were always fish that slipped through the net, not to mention getting closer and closer to Baghdad, it was natural that the news reached where the mark went.

Lan Fang sent troops, this news made Mark startled, he had also considered before, coming to the Middle East, he might encounter the forces of the Entente, but more consideration was Turkey, Austria-Hungary, and even Germany, Lan Fang, a country that had joined the Allies, he had not paid much attention to it, but if he really thought about it, Lan Fang was really not a simple country.

Starting from the resistance to the Netherlands, the successful completion of the salvation of a Chinese country, with the help of the Scheer fleet, swept the entire Southeast Asia, such a country, which can be underestimated, and now quietly, arrived near Baghdad, and when he found out that the other party had bad intentions, it was too late, and the surrounding strategic points were almost occupied by Lan Fang, and the tens of thousands of troops guarding the surrounding area were annihilated one by one in almost a few days, and they were left with only Baghdad.

In itself, Mark had the idea of holding on to Baghdad, and now, there was no way to leave, even more so, he traveled with a large army, carried a lot of supplies, plus the reduction of personnel, barely enough for 3 months, in their opinion, 3 months is enough to wait for reinforcements and supplies.

Unbeknownst to Mark, just 200 kilometers from him, the patchwork army on the Suez Canal side was under siege by Lan Fang's army.

The army of 20,000 people, it can be said that it is the regular army of the British side, and the escort is enough for 500,000 people to use the arms for a month, the convoy is quite large, Zheng Shusen took the initiative to put them in after getting the report, to prevent them from running back to the Suez Canal, but it does not mean that he will let these arms flow into Baghdad, when 600,000 people arrive, conquer Baghdad, annihilation of 200,000 defenders is no longer a problem, but a defender who lacks the necessary supplies, and a defender who is well fed, This is not a concept at all.

In the desert, the convoy carrying a large amount of supplies itself could not run fast, and in 10 days, it was only 6 percent of the distance, and only 200 kilometers were left, which would never be able to cross the moat.

20,000 people surrounded by 50,000 people, Among them, there are 15,000 special forces and reconnaissance troops, such special forces are very big to the convoy, a kilometer away, one by one horses and camels were killed, the carriage lost livestock, the whole team was trapped here, due to the relationship between materials, the Lan Fang army did not use heavy weapons, just conventional weapons attack, but the 15,000 special forces are not ornaments, whether it is a sharpshooter, or a sniper, are not 20,000 troops can resist, after a hard battle, the loss of more than 4 percent, the remaining British army, under the premise of not seeing any hope, chose to surrender.

The transport convoy of 20,000 people was annihilated, completely cutting off the road to the return of the mark, enough for 500,000 people to use a month's supply, and it also fell into the hands of Lan Fang, although it did not have much effect, it was not bad to trade with Germany, even if Germany was used to using Chinese goods, to Turkey, Italy and Austria-Hungary, it was also a good choice, although China was already very profitable, but this seizure was also at the level of millions of dollars.

The whole Baghdad became a turtle in the urn, in the surrounding hundreds of kilometers, there were no reinforcements, 500,000 troops occupied the surrounding strategic points, and began to compress inward, Mark did not dare to defend outside, urgently reduced his troops, and put about 200,000 people, densely arranged around Baghdad, in his opinion, with the help of the city of Baghdad, as well as the lessons of the previous attack on Baghdad, it is possible to resist the opponent's superior forces, as long as three months, it is okay, even if the news can't go out, There was no news for 3 months, and the Entente would always react, and if they persisted until that time, it would be a victory. (To be continued.) )