Seeing the edge of the city of Baghdad, Mark and other senior commanders of the coalition forces did not feel much joy in their hearts, but began to reminisce about the hardships of this road, from the Suez Canal to Basra for hundreds of kilometers, aside from the 18 days of rest next to the Suez Canal, hundreds of kilometers, but they walked for 35 days, an average of less than 15 kilometers a day, this is simply a step by step to move here, the slowness is outrageous.

Therefore, the war was originally started in early January, but in March, it had not finally begun, and the city of Baghdad in front of them became the object of their anger, and even some people had the idea of slaughtering the city, and they could only be beaten passively in the attacks they encountered along the way, maybe they killed a few of the other party, but there was no evidence, no corpse was left, and they didn't know what was attacking them. In the end, all the anger was put on Baghdad, the largest city in the Middle East and an important node of the 3B railway, with at least 200,000 people.

Mark they don't know what awaits them next. The one responsible for harassing them is only a fraction of the strength of the special forces, and the environment in which they are located is only a desert that is not very complicated, but now, a huge city, a city with a long history and modern modifications, can carry out more special projects.

An ordinary city, even if it has a long history, may not be suitable for special operations, among them, Baghdad is certainly an exception, although it is not under the control of China, but China has changed some things as much as possible through a series of methods, so that it is suitable for the play of the Chinese army.

Neither the Entente. Or the Allies, it's all capitalist society. One of their basic principles is private property. Sanctanct, militarily, Turkey and Germany banned the northwest, made concessions in Basra, gave China the right to build a large-scale commercial port and military port, and even the city continued to expand, but for Baghdad, it was quite vigilant.

It is a pity that this vigilance is of a military nature. In the private sector, there is no ban. Baghdad is a big city, but it is a big city in such a barren place in the Middle East, compared with any well-known city in Europe, there is a huge gap, and even Istanbul is far inferior, and it is impossible to attract a lot of people, that is, the construction of the 3B railway, which has brought it to life. But the time is too short.

It's only been a few years, and the forces with eyesight, I hope to wait a little longer, and those who don't have eyesight. There is no future here, so the emergence of the North-Western capital gave impetus to the development of Baghdad, which the Turkish authorities were somewhat reluctant to. But looking at the huge taxes provided by the Chinese forces, they turned a blind eye. At its peak, Baghdad had a permanent population of more than 200,000. China's floating population is as high as 100,000.

But now, as the pace of war approaches, China will certainly not be able to let the expatriates stand under the wall, and some of the expatriates will continue to the west along Baghdad to avoid the Allied troops, and the other part will simply go north, and they will start to build a railway line in the north in an effort to bypass Baghdad.

At the very beginning when the forces in the northwest entered Baghdad, it was only purely commercial, but Yang Yuanzhao knew how important the Middle East was in the future, and instructed Shi Lei to make preparations, and he also laid out in Baghdad, so that he could shoulder more military purposes, especially in special operations, secretly digging some tunnels, and building some buildings with all reinforced concrete, these buildings on the surface do not look very conspicuous, but in fact, as long as they are slightly arranged, they will become a fortress to harvest life.

At this point, Mark and the others didn't know, they didn't arrive in Baghdad quickly, and they suffered heavy losses, and his heart was holding back the fire, the previous massacre of the army seemed to let go of a demon, and then, when attacking Baghdad, they would go all out and attack with the strongest strength.

The main force of the attack is the U.S. Army, the 3 divisions of the U.S. Army, after defeating the 120,000 Turkish army, immediately became the main force of the entire force, because of the excellent firepower and experience, the special forces did not choose them, with the premise of Dongfeng Warriors, they can choose the opponent more easily, persimmon choose the soft pinch, the results are large, and their own casualties are small. 、

Before the main attack, of course, it was a perfect artillery preparation, 1800 guns of more than 100 mm were placed on the west side of Baghdad, neat artillery, after a little preparation, began indiscriminate shelling, countless shells with anger, drilled into various places in Baghdad, the Entente did not have the patience to investigate, there was a military stronghold in Baghdad, there were civilian facilities, without intelligence support, it chose an indiscriminate attack, countless houses fell to the ground, and the people had no way to escape, Heavy losses.

Zhou Zhengpeng looked at the residents of Baghdad who were spinning like headless flies, in his heart, he also wanted to save it, but at present, the underground fortifications of Baghdad are transporting the last expatriates to leave, and the entire Baghdad 100,000 people have begun to gradually evacuate, but some key positions, personnel can not go, have been delayed until the start of the war, in this case, before the Chinese have completely left, there is no other position, even if he is a kind person, it is impossible to let his own nationals, To make room for these natives, on the one hand, sacrificing any Chinese will make his conscience more disturbed, and on the other hand, it is easy to expose the secrets of the underground.

More than 1,000 people are guarding a huge city of 200,000 people, and the reason why he is confident is that on the one hand, he is quite confident in the strength of the special forces, but on the other hand, it is a fortification underground, even if the slightest rumor leaks out, so that the Entente countries pay attention to the underground, for the next war, it is simply a nightmare.

Hardening his heart and not thinking about this problem anymore, Zhou Zhengpeng began to contact his team members by radio, especially those expatriates who left from the underground, the last group of expatriates left more than 4,000 people, they would travel 25 kilometers through the underground, until they were out of the control of the Allied army, simply rested, waiting for Basra's convoy to meet at night, once they all left safely, Zhou Zhengpeng would have no worries, and regarded Baghdad as a battlefield to test his strength.

The artillery roared, and the Allied countries' artillery preparations this time lasted for three hours, and 1,800 artillery pieces poured 180,000 shells into Baghdad, with an average of 100 shells fired continuously from each gun, and the barrels of some guns were a little hot before stopping.

It is true that Baghdad is a city that can accommodate 200,000 people, but after being attacked by 180,000 shells with a caliber of more than 100 millimeters, it is also a heavy loss, indiscriminate attack, resulting in the loss of 13,000 houses in Baghdad, and the most important thing is the personnel, at least 50,000 people died, and more than 100,000 wounded, which is absolutely called a loss and nightmare that can break the bones for Baghdad, which is less than 300,000.

Five kilometers away, after watching the results of the shelling with a telescope, he nodded with satisfaction, very satisfied with the effect of the shelling, and in the field of vision of the telescope, Baghdad was in shambles, full of collapsed houses and crying crowds.

This effect has a huge benefit to the next siege of the Entente, 3 hours of intensive artillery fire, the original defense of the Turkish army in Baghdad, running to the death, since the civilians are left, it can be said that for the Allied army, this is already an undefended city.

Seeing such a result, Mark's mood is slightly better, as long as he occupies Baghdad and completes the set task, even if he loses and wastes a little time, maybe this is the price that must be paid, although it is said that he has not achieved great merit, but with the truncation of the 3B railway alone, he will be able to be promoted to another level.

Mark didn't know that in the past 50 days, with the full support of the northwest, the capacity of the 3B railway has almost skyrocketed by 4 times, that is, almost half a year of supplies have fainted, if the German side saves a little more, almost a year smaller, the original expected weakening is impossible at all, and even the current Baghdad is not casual and can be captured, because there are special forces guarding, this is a completely different method of combat.

Baghdad is a very ancient city, with a long history, as early as the period of the four major civilizations, it existed, and because of the relationship between the 3B railway, it has increased to a certain extent, with a population of 250,000, but on the whole, it is not a modern big city, and the special forces except for 500 troops were prepared in this early, and the 500 people responsible for harassing the Allied army, after sending away more than 40 wounded and 10 killed, almost all entered the city of Baghdad. The whole city has become a huge battlefield, officially less than 1400, ready to fight here.

The previous shelling caused great damage to the entire Baghdad, but Mark and the generals of the Entente only saw a mess of Baghdad, but they didn't see that in the mess, there were still some strong buildings, and their negligence made them suffer a huge lesson next, the first to bear the brunt was the first to attack the US army, Rondo was bitter for this mistake, but it also led him to embark on the road of special operations, with Rondo's subordinates as the core of the remnants of the troops, It became the first batch of special forces in the U.S. military. (To be continued.) )