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Volume 1 Pioneer of the Times Chapter 1219 Gum (Part 1)

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    Chapter 1219 Gum (Part 1) Amidst the whistling of the train whistle, a fully loaded military train entered the station and stopped on the platform. From the messy carriage serial numbers and the mixed carriages hanging on the train,  Judging from the details, this train was obviously improvised. The carriages originally used to transport goats were also loaded with a large number of exhausted infantrymen with panic and confusion in their eyes.  (Niu Wen Novel ~ Read Novel Online) These infantry are all the infantry of the Royal Iranian Army. Although they are all equipped with Chinese standard equipment, there is no doubt that their mental state is obviously not as good as that equipment. Many of them have been dead for two days.  I didn't sleep much for two nights. When the train entered the station and stopped on the platform, some soldiers simply opened the door, jumped out of the carriage, made beds on the platform, and then fell asleep. The crowded situation in the carriage  As a result, it was greatly improved. Those soldiers who did not get off the car were able to lie down and sleep. Before that, they slept sitting up. The quality of their sleep can be imagined.  The originally overcrowded platform became even more crowded. The officer of the Royal Iranian Army who was commanding the troops on the platform tried his best to whip the soldiers who were lying on the ground sleeping, but when they shouted this, that one lay down again.  , the extremely sleepy soldiers no longer cared about military discipline. As for why this military train stopped on the platform, whether it was to add coal and water, or whether the terminal was right here, it was not within the scope of these tired soldiers to consider.  How about, the first thing now is to have a good rest.  This is Gum, a city located on a railway line more than 100 kilometers south of Tehran, the capital of the Kingdom of Iran. Right here, the railway is divided into two branch lines. One branch line extends to the southwest, all the way to the oil fields on the Persian Gulf.  Export base Abadan Port, another branch railway extends to the southeast, and the terminal is at Bandar Abbas, another seaport city on the Strait of Hormuz. Therefore, GUM's strategic position is very important. As long as it controls this  , which is equivalent to controlling the springboard to the Persian Gulf.  Precisely because of the important strategic position of Gum, the Asian Alliance Security Forces have now located the Iranian Theater Command in this city, and the Iranian Theater Commander of the Asian Alliance Security Forces, Peng Hanyi, has also moved to Gum.  Now, at nine o'clock in the morning on November 17, 1944, Peng Hanyi was sitting at Gum Railway Station, coordinating the station's dispatch.  Peng Hanyi originally thought that coordinating train dispatching was simple, but after he truly understood the current railway traffic situation in northern Iran, he discovered that it was not as simple as he thought. In fact, the current railway traffic in northern Iran has fallen into a comprehensive situation.  There was chaos, and the main reason for this chaos was the fierce attack of the German army.  Just yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, the German Army troops assembled in the North Caucasus carried out a small-scale landing operation. They used gunboats to cover a large number of barges and tugboats and landed at Shah Port in northern Iran and the southern Caspian Sea.  During the operation, thousands of Iranian troops guarding the port were defeated in one battle and fled southward. This immediately caused panic among the Iranian troops in the southern region. Without knowing the strength of the German army at all, tens of thousands of Iranian troops defending the northern part of Tehran  The Guards all retreated to the capital Tehran. In just a few hours, Tehran fell into extreme panic. After the army withdrew into the city, the civilians in the city immediately fled the city with their families. Many people chose to take trains to flee south.  , and the employees of the Railway Bureau were also infected by the panic. When their bosses were nowhere to be found, many Railway Bureau employees followed the citizens and fled south by train, and a large number of locomotives were driven away. This directly caused the original transportation capacity to be very tight.  Traffic on the northern railway line suddenly came to a standstill.  Railway traffic in the north fell into chaos, and railway traffic in the south was also directly affected. Although Peng Hanyi issued an order to the Gum Railway Station through the local Iranian garrison commander in Gum last night to seize the southbound locomotive, since the northern railway  The line has fallen into a state of disorder, so don't expect railway traffic order to be restored in a short time.  The military train that just entered the station was traveling from the north to the south, but even the dispatcher at the train station didn't know where the train's departure station was. He sent someone to ask the train driver, and they found out.  It turned out that this military column came from Tehran. The vehicles carried some officers, soldiers and equipment of the First Division of the Royal Guards of Iran. There were 5,000 people in total. This was the vanguard, and they were responsible for the troops following behind.  Members of the Iranian royal family took a special train to clear the way.  Hearing the news, Peng Hanyi was not surprised at all. As early as last night, he had received notice that the King of Iran, Reza Khan, had officially decided to move the capital to Abadan. He also made it clear at that time that it was impossible for His Majesty the King to take the  Planes, because the sky is full of Luftwaffe and Turkish Air Force fighters, not only day fighters but also night fighters, not only propeller planes but also jet planes, it is too dangerous to travel by plane, His Majesty the King will fly  Train travel.  Peng HanI just hope that His Majesty the King's special train will be killed by Luftwaffe bombers on the road. What use is there for a king who can't even stabilize people's hearts?  The old king must bear at least half of the responsibility for the current chaotic situation in the Kingdom of Iran. If he agrees to let more Chinese military officers assist in training his Guards Division troops, the combat effectiveness of the Royal Iranian Army will not be so bad.  The German troops rushed into Tehran almost without firing a shot.  Now, Peng Hanyi is sitting in the dispatch room of the train station, waiting for the arrival of the king's special train with the local commander of the Royal Iranian Army. At the same time, Peng Hanyi is also anxiously waiting for frontline reconnaissance information. He is very eager to know about Tehran.  Although the information on the fighting situation in the area has not yet been sent, judging from the expressions of the officers and soldiers of the Royal Guards Division of Iran who showed no will to fight at all, the situation is probably extremely unoptimistic.  To be honest, even Peng Hanyi has no confidence at all. Even if all the troops of the Royal Iranian Army are given to him, he is not sure enough to hold on to Tehran. The problem is not only the poor combat effectiveness of the Royal Iranian Army, but more importantly,  The problem is that the air force is insufficient. The entire territory of Iran, that is, the Hormuz Naval Base, is stationed with the Chinese Air Force's "Lightning" jet fighters, and there are only two squadrons. As long as the Asian League does not formally pass a resolution on military counterattack, they will be stationed in Iraq.  The Chinese Air Force's jet fighter units in areas such as India, the Arabian Peninsula, and Palestine will not be able to station themselves at various airports in Iran as soon as possible. After all, Iran is a sovereign country, and it is indeed inconvenient for the Chinese Air Force's jet fighter units to enter and exit casually, even for allies.  , but also to respect each other. Although the Chinese Air Force stationed in Iraq did cross the border and make contact with the German Air Force the day before yesterday, that was an emergency and a temporary disposal by the commander.  Therefore, Peng Hanyi is also eagerly waiting for the Asian League Security Council to pass a resolution on military counterattack. Yesterday, the Asian League Security Council held a meeting, but for some reason, the meeting did not immediately make a decision to fight back with all-out force, but only ordered  Peng Hanyi established a frontline headquarters in Gum and waited for new orders.  It was not until this morning that Peng Hanyi learned from the telegram the real reason why the Asian League Security Council did not issue a counterattack order. The problem still lies with the old king of Iran. He gave Iran¡¯s permanent representative to the Asian League a seemingly  There are some inexplicable orders. According to this order, when the Asian League Security Council unanimously agreed to activate the "collective defense system", Iran's permanent representative to the Asian League cast a key objection. Although this objection was only  The only opinion that does not agree with an immediate and comprehensive counterattack is the most important opinion, because according to the obligations and rights stipulated in the "collective defense principle" of the Asian Union, if the country concerned refuses to accept the military assistance of the Asian Union, the Asian Union will  The Asian League cannot forcefully send troops to intervene in the country unless the turmoil in the country affects surrounding countries. Once this happens, the Asian League will convene a meeting of all representatives and use the principle of "majority consensus" to forcefully send troops to intervene in the country concerned.  resolution of affairs.  Therefore, this morning, the Asian League decided to convene a meeting of all representatives. The Iraqi representative will propose a motion asking the Asian League to forcibly intervene in the current situation in the Kingdom of Iran. The meeting is still in progress. What will be the outcome of the discussion? Peng Hanyi is also anxious.  Waiting, he believes that the Asian League is likely to forcibly pass a counterattack resolution at today's plenary meeting. Once the counterattack resolution is passed, the next step will be to formally declare war on Germany and Turkey, and it will be a collective declaration of war. At this time, the battlefield may not be  It¡¯s limited to Iran.  Sitting in the dispatching room of the train station, Peng Hanyi looked at the time over and over again, and at the same time waited for the telegram. The telegram might have been taken by the Asian Union, or it might have been taken by the Air Force reconnaissance force. The short message just now  Within an hour, more than a dozen telegrams had been sent over. The contents were mixed, but there was no telegram that Peng Hanyi wanted to see most.  Just when Peng Hanyi raised his wrist to check the time on his watch again, he suddenly heard the shrill sound of the air defense siren. He hurriedly followed the commander of the Royal Iranian Army out of the dispatch room, looked up at the sky, and saw that in the northern sky there were already  Several small black spots appeared. Although they were still far away, judging from their speed, they should be German Air Force jet fighters or jet bombers.  Everyone was in a panic, and even the commander of the Royal Iranian Army was at a loss to ask Peng Han for advice.  Peng Hanyi took the commander of the Royal Iranian Army and his translator and jumped off the platform and hid under the locomotive, waiting for the air raid to pass. At the same time, he was also wondering where these German planes came from. If they came from the Caspian Sea, they would probably be attacked.  When intercepting fighter jets in China's Central Asian Military Region, the most likely way is to take off from the Caucasus or a Turkish airport. Calculated in this way, this is almost the limit of the range of German jets, unless the German air force is stationed at Tehran Airport.  Fortunately, only four Me262 jet fighters of the German Air Force came over. Perhaps they were performing reconnaissance missions, or perhaps their ammunition was almost exhausted.After taking over Gum, these fighter jets just used the machine guns on their noses to fire at the train station for a moment, and then flew south again.  "They didn't drop bombs." The commander of the Royal Iranian Army climbed out from the bottom of the locomotive and stood on the platform watching the German planes go away. He seemed very lucky that the one coming over was not a bomber.  But Peng Hanyi was not as lucky as the Iranian general. Seeing the German planes continuing to fly south, he couldn't help but worry. The range of German jets was limited. If they could continue flying south, the most likely reason was that Tehran Airport had been occupied.  Controlled by the German army, these German aircraft took off from Tehran Airport, which has a runway suitable for jet aircraft to take off and land.  Peng Hanyi's guess was quickly confirmed. A few minutes later, a phone call came from the Qom Iranian Air Force Base. The officer on duty told Peng Hanyi that Tehran had fallen at 8:30 in the morning and the German army had occupied it.  Tehran, and is advancing south along the railway line, accompanied by armored forces, the target is likely to be Gum.  "If you must defend on the spot, please immediately issue an order to defend on the spot to intercept all trains going south. Gather all the personnel who can fight here in GUM to prepare for a blocking battle with the German troops going south." Without much hesitation, Peng Hanyi  He immediately put forward his suggestion to the commander of the Royal Iranian Army next to him. He knew very well that Gum must not be lost. Otherwise, Abadan in the southwest and Abbas in the southeast would directly face the German artillery.  .
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