用香烟击败敌人

• 作 者: 阎泽川
• 出 处: 文史月刊
• 发表日期: 2014年01期
• 关键词: 香烟 西奈沙漠 贝尔谢巴 英军 骑兵 土军 阿伦 地区集中 鸦片 物资供应

1917年,英军与土耳其军在西奈沙漠地区作战,双方势均力敌,都无法突破对方的防线。英军司令阿伦比发现土耳其军队的士兵在西奈沙漠作战,物资供应极为困难,尤其缺少香烟。为了在难以使用骑兵的贝尔谢巴地区集中英军骑兵突破土耳其的防线,英军想尽了办法。其中一个办法是,立即生产了12万包含有大量鸦片的香烟,在进攻前用飞机将香烟空投在土耳其军队的阵地上。土军士兵

In 1917, when the British and Turkish forces fought in the Sinai Desert, they were evenly matched and could not break through each other’s defenses. British commander Arunbi found that soldiers from the Turkish army fought in the Sinai desert and supplies were extremely difficult, especially in the absence of cigarettes. In order to concentrate British cavalry in Turkey’s defense in the Beleh region, where it is difficult to use the cavalry, the British tried their best. One option is to immediately produce 120,000 cigarettes containing a large amount of opium and use the aircraft to drop cigarettes on the Turkish army positions before the attack. Army soldiers