Four Hundred and Thirty-One Camels Have 2 Hind Hooves

At the end of February, to be precise in the afternoon of February 25th, when the brightly colored national flag of the Kingdom of Spain jumped out of the sea level of Milani, the Sultanate invasion coalition forces organized by Lorraine were finally officially full.

The leaders of the various forces gathered in the afternoon, and first determined the official name of the coalition forces...the Sultanate peacekeeping coalition force...the name was proposed by Lorraine, it was obvious.

After the name was determined, the members of the coalition unanimously elected His Majesty Said bin Sultan, who was only six years old, as the commander of the coalition, with Major General Cornwallis and Marshal Manzeri as deputy commanders.

Major General Cornwallis proposed that Lorraine be the chief of staff of the coalition forces, responsible for coordinating and dispatching the various armies.

Lorraine flatly refused, and after several deliberations, he finally only accepted the position of the general coordinator who did not even record the public documents, but the responsibility was still to liaise and coordinate matters with all parties.

In the second hour after the establishment of the coalition, the first military meeting was held non-stop.

The reason for the urgency is logistics.

Even without considering the Anglo-Dutch sailors and Chamber of Commerce sailors floating at sea, Milani has gathered tens of thousands of people, and the number is still increasing at an average rate of 70 per day.

These people wanted to eat, drink, and stay, and Ms. Carmen Xavier, a civil rights fighter and pioneer of public health, won them the right to drink boiled water and basic warmth with undeniable force.

All the logistical burdens are on the shoulders of the new government, but for the time being, there is only one supplier for the new government. The problem is expensive.

Things are expensive, very expensive, very expensive...

At this stage, the financial support of the new government comes entirely from the future budget, and behind each IOU is the pledge of the future tax revenue of the Sultanate.

Manziri's think tank has calculated that if the start of the war is delayed until the end of March, the new government will completely become a wage earner for the Drake Chamber of Commerce in the next year, which will have a fatal impact on the prestige of Sultan Said. hit.

The war must begin immediately and must end in a short time!

With such a common hatred against the enemy, the first military meeting of the coalition forces progressed extremely enthusiastically.

Manziri spoke first.

He proposed that the Volunteer Army, the Defense Guard and the Sultan’s Guard advance towards the palace in the shape of a character. The Volunteer Army is the forerunner of the whole army. The Anglo-Dutch coalition forces moved to the pier West Rock in advance to form a confrontation with Jalali Castle by attacking upwards to prevent the castle from being bombarded by the coalition forces. route.

This set of offensive plan arrived at in World War I was fully supported by Roy. Cornwallis believed that Manziri's head was kicked by a camel. tax.

The number one planned miscarriage.

Cornwallis proposed that the coalition forces first raid Jalali Castle, using the National Defense Guard and the Sudanese Guards' familiarity with the situation of Harald Mountain to enter the mountain overnight. three princes.

This set of attack plan of seeking victory in a steady state has been fully supported by the Volunteer Army. Manziri declared that the camel has two hind feet. Roy spat on Cornwallis' new uniform and was almost thrown out by Cornwallis. white gloves.

The second planned miscarriage.

Roy proposed the integration of the coalition forces, with the under-trained volunteers and the Sudanese Guards as the front line, and the National Defense Forces and the Anglo-Dutch coalition forces as the rear line, opening up the connection with Riaman in the artillery control area of ​​​​Milani Castle.

Ask the imam to mobilize a jihadist army of no less than 30,000 people, and help the little sultan to the throne with a majestic momentum.

How to say this plan... Lorraine agrees very much, but everyone except Lorraine disagrees.

Plan Three had a miscarriage.

The right to speak thus fell into the hands of Lorraine.

Lorraine frowned and thought for a long time, then said softly: "Little Sultan is six years old this year. If he is sixteen years old, it will take ten years for him to be in charge, and for him to be in charge at eighteen, it will be twelve years. This is a very long time."

"I want to know the plan of the new government. Are you planning to establish a constitutional monarchy, or are you planning to establish a strong government with a lifetime system to replace the Sultan?"

The question is the blunt equivalent of asking Manziri if he wants to be a dictator.

Manzeri was silent.

A few minutes later, he said softly: "If there is a government for life, I will retire."

"Then the matter will be easy to handle." Lorraine breathed a long sigh of relief, "Marshal, I think the little Sultan needs a capable regent to take charge of the king's administration before he takes charge. What do you think?"

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In Muscat's city defense system, the two castles of Jalali and Milani play an incomparably important role.

On the one hand, their value is reflected in coastal defense. The location of the east and west rocks makes Muscat's coastal defense area much larger than the width of Muscat Bay, and there is almost no possibility of being beached and landed.

On the other hand, the height of Harar Mountain makes them the commanding heights of the city defense. The artillery fire fans of the two castles completely cover the entire city. Only the Royal Palace and the last support of the Royal Palace are Matruh, which is backed by the Harar North Mountain Range. The castle is independent from the outside.

Small groups of troops could not pose a threat to the Sultan's Guard stationed in the palace, and it was impossible for large troops to bypass the artillery defense zone of the two castles and deploy troops recklessly outside the palace.

Therefore, to attack the palace, you must first take down two castles, but the two castles claim to never fall.

In Lorraine's eyes, this is simply the Iserlohn paradox that Yang Weili is facing.

On February 26, the Prime Minister of the new government, the commander of the Sudanese Guards, and the Marshal of the Sultanate's navy and army Marshal Rubiari Ze Manziri went to Jalali Castle alone.

On February 27, Jalali announced his support for the legitimacy of His Majesty Said bin Sultan as the head of the Sultanate. Jalali Castle was opened, and General Roy Hasadi led the National Defense Forces to annex the United Kingdom and the Netherlands The Allied Dutch Regiment moved in and disarmed the castle.

On February 28th, Saeed Sultan met with his eldest brother and pardoned Prince Ailahmanh under the witness of key members of the new government, European allies and Muscat Regional Imam Metroy bin Hasadi As the regent of the Sultanate, he also served as the prime minister of the cabinet of the new government and acted on behalf of the king.

In the early morning of March 1, the two castles fired together.

The coalition forces marched in two directions with the Second Regiment of the Defense Guard and the Volunteer Army as the vanguard, and launched a mighty pincer offensive towards the Aram Palace. The external defense line of the puppet Sultan Selis regime collapsed within 3 hours, and the coalition forces approached the city. Surround the palace.

At that time, there were still at least 800 well-trained and well-equipped old Sultan Guard sergeants in the palace, and no less than 1,000 temporary auxiliary troops were formed.

Facing the high and thick palace walls, with the attacking ability of the European army, it seems that there is only a long-term siege to really conquer the palace.

Lorraine proposed to cover the royal hunting grounds in the palace with flowering bullets.

In the afternoon, the old Sultan's Guards announced that they would support the legal rule of Sultan Saeed and the Regent of Al-Manh. The pseudo-sultan Selis was wounded by a stray bullet in the coup and died three days later. The Sultan pardoned him.

On March 2, the coalition forces launched an attack on the castle of Matruh. The rebels of the two princes refused to go anyway, and even beheaded the envoy to show their determination. The independent artillery regiment immediately launched a bombardment on the castle.

The bombardment lasted for 4 hours, and a total of 3,600 shells fell on the small stone castle. The castle fell and the defenders were destroyed. There were 679 soldiers in the army and 842 others, and only one cook survived the scorching flames.

The tragedy was quickly swept into the garbage dump of memory.

On March 3, Sultan Saeed entered the palace and received the golden scepter symbolizing royal power from the Muscat Sheriff.

The regent of Elamankh announced the government on behalf of the king, and announced that the rebellion was calm, and Muscat was completely lifted from the state of war.

He called on the displaced refugees to return to their hometowns, announced a total of 17 benevolent policies such as tax cuts, relief, and construction, and promised to bring a better life to the people.

In this sonorous promise, the war came to an end...