Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 856 Baghdad is under our feet
At this time, Du Yuming's Lightning Troops were already close to the bank of the Tigris River, and immediately organized a company to go to the coast to investigate to determine whether the bridge on the north side of the Tigris River was intact.If the bridge is still there, capture it with a raid.If the bridge is not there, then build a bridgehead near the ferry to ensure that your troops can successfully occupy the ferry.

Du Yuming's Lightning Troops reached Haditha by 8 am, but the bridge across the Tigris had already been blown up.So Du Yuming found several small fishing boats and transported part of his reconnaissance troops and a small number of sidecar motorcycles across the river.Been busy like this for half an hour.After establishing a small landing field, Du Yuming personally led the small team to rush towards Baghdad.They reached the north bank of the Tigris at 11:30 am, but the bridge here was also blown up by the Iraqis at 6 am.

Therefore, Du Yuming immediately asked his men to look for tools to cross the river along the river bank, while he held up his binoculars to observe the movement on the other side.As a result, he was surprised to find that there was no defense at all on the other side of the river.It made him unable to believe his eyes.So he immediately reported the situation to the main armored force through the radio, and asked his superiors to allow him to cross the river and carry out a surprise attack on Baghdad City, trying to capture the city at once, or establish a more reliable support near the city point.

After hearing Du Yuming's report, Chen Jitang did not agree with the other party's terrible move. "Du Yuming, is this kid crazy? Just relying on his brigade-level Lightning Troops, he actually wants to attack the capital of Iraq? I'm really out of my head." Now Chen Jitang needs to think more about the overall situation, throwing bombs with his own armor The main force of the army division is still on the way, and the current situation in Baghdad is not clear.The order of the Western Expeditionary Command was to send troops to besiege Baghdad and establish a defensive circle.So he ordered Du Yuming not to act rashly, not to cross the Tigris River before the main force arrived, and not to enter Baghdad without authorization.

But Du Yuming, who was even crazier than Chen Jitang, didn't obey his boss's orders. Before Chen Jitang's telegram arrived, he had already dispatched.This is due to the fact that his men found a motorboat that was about to be abandoned in a small wood next to the river bank. After carefully inspecting the motorboat, he found that the motorboat was still in good condition.Although this motorboat can only hold a small number of people, Du Yuming is not worried at all. In his opinion, the bombed city in front of him is actually in danger, and now he only needs to stand on the edge of Baghdad Raise your arms at the gate, and this ancient city with thousands of years will raise a white flag to him.He will never let go of this opportunity to become famous.In addition, he didn't care that there were only a few soldiers and a motorboat around him, and he firmly believed that he could go again.

To create a miracle this time, as long as he can succeed, Du Yuming will shine in the annals of history from now on.

At about 15:15 in the afternoon, Du Yuming decided not to wait for Chen Jitang's order, so he ordered the troops to cross the river immediately.This time is not a good season for swimming. The water of the Tigris River is gradually rising, the turbid waves are rolling on the wide river, and there are broken branches, dead trees and other messy things floating on the raging river.These things are like reefs threatening the safety of passing ships.In this case, it is very dangerous to cross the river on a small motorboat, let alone when it is overloaded.However, Du Yuming didn't care at all. After doing some simple reconnaissance and exploration work, he set off with his team.This team includes 2 fighters including him and the 12nd platoon leader.These men had two machine guns, six submachine guns and four semi-automatic rifles.

The small motorboat is like a fallen leaf floating on the turbid current, turning over the turbid river waves, carefully avoiding obstacles on the river, while Du Yuming and his soldiers are like ants standing on the leaves The same, strenuously paddling the oars, fighting against the torrent.

Soon, they encountered the first problem. Near Shazhou near the middle of the river, the overloaded motorboat suddenly ran aground and got stuck in the middle of the river, unable to advance or retreat.It took a lot of effort for the casual sailors on the small boat to get their boat out of the shallows.However, after a while, the engine on the motorboat suddenly stopped working.Then, the small boat drifting with the current almost hit the remaining bridge piers on the river.Under the fiddle of these half-baked sailors, the disappointing engine finally returned to normal, and they finally reached the south bank.At this time, it was already 16:30 in the afternoon.Everyone's clothes are soaked.

After reaching the north bank of the bridge, Du Yuming quickly established a defensive position and built a small bridgehead.Then, he sent two soldiers to drive the boat back to the north shore.His purpose is very simple, that is to strive to transport some soldiers and equipment across the river before sunset to consolidate the strength of this bridgehead.However, the sky fails to fulfill people's wishes.When the small boat was returning, it hit a section of wooden pile, which immediately knocked the wooden small boat through a big gap, and quickly disappeared on the fast-moving Tigris River.At this point, the small "navy" that Du Yuming relied on was finished. In this case, he and his small team were completely isolated on the south bank.At this time, he had only 10 men, 2 machine guns, 5 submachine guns and 3 semi-automatic rifles, and the supplies and ammunition were not very sufficient.

"Should we wait for help or keep going?" Du Yuming was faced with a difficult choice, but the first choice was not to Du Yuming's liking, so he chose the latter as a matter of course.After a short rest.He led the detachment on foot to the city of Baghdad.They walked slowly down the street, looking for signs of snipers and mines.However, the streets were empty.All the doors and windows on both sides of the street were tightly closed, and the citizens either fled or hid.Along the way, they saw ruins and ruins, and some ruins were still emitting green smoke. Du Yuming knew that these were the masterpieces of the Chinese Air Force.

Du Yuming and the others walked on this broad road, feeling as if they had entered an uninhabited city, a city of death.

Suddenly there was a sound of an engine, and Du Yuming immediately ordered to be alert.When two legal trucks and a public tram appeared at the corner of the street, Du Yuming gave an order, and the submachine guns, machine guns and semi-automatic rifles fired together. Wreck the cars, and he and his soldiers still want to use these vehicles in the next mission.

After a short burst of fire, nearly 20 Iraqi soldiers in three trucks raised their hands and surrendered. Du Yuming and his men suffered no casualties.Looks like good luck is still with the young major.When the soldiers of the Dragon Army were searching, they found a drunken Chinese tourist on a public tram. He had been trapped in Baghdad since the day the war broke out. Yesterday he had a dispute with others because he was drunk in a tavern. As a result, he cursed a few times, the bartender heard this move, and quietly told the Baghdad police station, and soon the unlucky tourist was arrested by the Iraqi military as a spy, and he was about to be taken to the execution ground soon He was shot, and the poor tourist is still so drunk that he has no idea of ​​the fate he is about to face.

Du Yuming asked his subordinates to wake up the Chinese. After waking up, at first he thought he was still in the bar and drinking with friends. He didn't fully wake up until he saw the military uniforms of Du Yuming and others.

Du Yuming briefly introduced the situation of the Lightning Army, "Everyone is Chinese, I hope you can do your part for the Dragon Army and act as an interpreter for us."

"Do I have a choice now? It's better to act as an interpreter for you than to be captured and shot by the Iraqis."

Afterwards, Du Yuming's team continued their adventure. He asked several of his men to change into Iraqi military uniforms, escorted the prisoners, and headed towards the city in a captured car.

Along the way, they encountered several checkpoints. The sentries were confused by the prisoners in the car and lost their due vigilance, because almost all the Iraqi defenders believed that the Chinese must besiege the city, not Launch a raid.Just like what they did in the Battle of Tehran, they couldn't imagine that a bold Chinese military officer led 10 people and swaggered into the capital of Iraq. In this regard, they all lack the vigilance to deal with such emergencies , So Du Yuming and his men succeeded again and again, until they saw the black muzzle protruding from the car, they had no choice but to raise their hands.

In this way, Du Yuming and his soldiers captured more and more people.However, there are always times when the deception is exposed.Finally, a few Iraqi guards at a checkpoint were quite smart, so gunshots rang out immediately.Du Yuming immediately ordered to remove all camouflage, rushed towards the center of the city at full speed, and opened fire on the Iraqi soldiers on both sides of the road.In the fierce confrontation, many prisoners in the car were killed by bullets on the spot, including the unlucky Chinese tourist.However, what is amazing is that Du Yuming and his men were not injured at all.

In this way, Du Yuming and his soldiers went straight into the heart of Baghdad, the Baghdad Municipal District.

Du Yuming and his squad entered the center of Baghdad, and the Iraqi soldiers who had just resisted on the street suddenly disappeared.But the number of ordinary civilians increased, which made Du Yuming, who was facing the enemy, feel very strange, and secretly cursed: "His grandma, are all the Iraqi soldiers dead?"

(End of this chapter)