Although he was young, he benefited from a good education and the fact that the Mughal Empire still retained a little Mongolian tradition at this time: the prince had to grow up on the battlefield. Therefore, Shuja was an experienced commander.

He knew that tonight, the Cathayans would almost certainly launch a night attack.

The reason is obvious: due to seasonal issues, the Cathayans at this time have limited troops and lack of heavy weapons. Therefore, they have little power to fight back against their own bombardment. However, they lost a thousand guns before the sun went down this afternoon.

We went out and tried it, and sure enough, the opponent's light weapons were more powerful than those Telugu people before.

Therefore, as long as the commander on the opposite side does not want to be driven into the sea, he will definitely launch a night attack tonight, so that the advantages of the Cathayans' light weapons can be brought into play: If we really have to wait until tomorrow and give our side a whole day of shelling time, then

No matter how well the Cathayans hide in the town, their losses will be heavy. By then, even if they want to attack at night, they will not have the strength.

Therefore, the enemy will definitely come tonight.

Now that we know that the enemy will definitely come tonight, the next thing will naturally become clear.

In view of the huge difference in combat power between the new army and the old army in this army, Shuja did not mix the two armies. Instead, he placed the new army in the north (rear) and the old army in the south (front). Although the barracks of the two armies

They are independent of each other, but only about one kilometer apart from each other.

In addition to ordering all soldiers tonight not to remove their armor, hold weapons in hand, and gather together to sit and rest according to their organization, Shuja sent out a large number of hidden sentries, and on the other hand asked the engineers to dig trenches and set up trenches around their barracks.

All kinds of obstacles, especially the enemy's small weapons, are formidable. The more thick wooden plank bunkers that shield bullets, the better... And in the camp, which centurion is responsible for putting out the fire and which captain is responsible for the pursuit are all well arranged.

The dragnet has been laid out, just waiting for the Cathayans to crash into it.

The time slowly came to two o'clock in the morning.

From this moment on, sporadic gunshots began to ring out from the Indian army's outer positions, occasionally mixed with screams in different languages: There is no doubt that this is a conflict between the Cathay scouts and our own sentries on the outer perimeter.

Although such a sound was nothing compared to the sound of artillery during the day, in this silent night, it spread extremely far. The soldiers in the entire Indian army camp knew that the Cathayans were coming.

Shu Jia, who was sitting firmly in the Chinese army's tent, listened to such a voice, and the smile on his face became more and more intense: If he was discovered by our army from such a distance, is it still called a night attack?

That's right, our artillery is actually quite rubbish, because it has just been newly acquired with such weapons, so the amount of training is seriously insufficient. Not to mention that it cannot be used in field operations, even in the daytime, the firing speed of this artillery is only faster than the previous muzzle-loading cannon.

A little better, but compared to the Telugu artillery in the past, it is far inferior. Therefore, my artillery cannot go into battle this night. I can only let you attack me.

However, I have a heavy machine gun. In the defensive battle, I will let you see that our newly trained heavy machine gun soldiers in the Mughals are not vegetarians.

If you really came when it was almost dawn, or if you quietly knocked down all the hidden whistles and came in, I would be really a little scared: I know, in this land ruled by the Mughals, the Sikhs, the Push

The people in Tu may be a little better. Other ethnic groups are really loose in nature and seriously lack discipline. No matter how clear my orders are, there will still be a lot of people sleeping down there.

However, it is only two or three o'clock in the morning, and you have alerted so many secret sentries. So no matter how lax the soldiers below me are, they are already on alert.

Very good, the flaw I was most worried about is gone, just waiting for you to bump into it.

…

"Commander, we have arrived about 200 meters away from the enemy camp."

"Very good. How many of the opponent's sentries did we knock out along the way? How much did we lose?"

"This is a fool's errand. I don't know the exact number. But I think there are thirty of them. Our loss is probably seven or eight people."

"This battle loss ratio... forget it, are these sentries in the dark? Where are our cannon barrels?"

"It's all shipped."

"Hey, these Indian guys think we don't have heavy weapons? I'll let them open their eyes today! Send the order, and all the artillery can be put into combat positions!"

"Got the order!"

Following Lu Xiangsheng's order, the soldiers under his command pushed up more than ten large-caliber iron barrels. Then the soldiers made a simple gun mount for these iron barrels with familiarity, and then combined them with the iron barrels.

A large ammunition bag of similar caliber was stuffed inside.

"Huh, the river floods during the rainy season, and artillery weighing several tons cannot be transported up. These iron buckets weighing several dozen kilograms are still fine... What time is it now?"

"Captain, it's two fifty-eight now."

"hold on."

Two minutes later, with the Mughal North and South Military Camps as the center and three surrounding places, red signal flares went up at the same time.

"Time's up, fire!"

The impatient gunner who had been waiting for a long time quickly lit the iron barrel, and then the huge ammunition bag rose into the air and smashed hard towards the Indian army's camp.

The heartless cannon has a very short range due to insufficient air tightness. Even in the 20th century, it was only 150 to 200 meters. In this era, it is only less than 180 meters.

With something at such a close range, there was absolutely no room for use against the enemy's artillery with a range of more than three thousand meters during the day. But at night, it became a heavy weapon for the Ming army to break through the enemy's defenses.

"Boom!"

A huge explosion soon sounded at the edge of the Indian army barracks. The sound was mixed with huge firelights, and occasionally broken limbs or human figures could be seen flying in the air. For a moment, the entire Indian army position was covered with fire.

Both the north and the south were boiling.

"Fire another round of shelling, and then move the gun position forward 20 meters. Set up the machine gun and hit wherever there is fire on the opposite side to cover our gunners."

"Got the order!"

The so-called infantry and artillery coordination, in addition to training as a basis, depends more on racial talent. And the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty generally have this talent.

Therefore, following the orders of various officers, Ming Dynasty's fierce artillery fire, under the cover of our own infantry, slowly but orderly began to extend towards the Indian army camp.

The moment the Ming army's artillery fired, His Royal Highness Shujia was horrified to the extreme: How is that possible! I have clearly seen the enemy's military camp under Patna City carefully, and there are no traces of the wheel hubs of the artillery carts. Besides, if the Cathayans

If we really have so many artillery pieces, wouldn’t it be enough to just knock down the city of Patna? Is there any need for Hedgehog to be attacked by us in such a small place as Asansol Town?

I can understand you saying that you tried your best to transport a few cannons during the rainy season, but the sound of cannons outside is probably not hundreds of cannons? How is this possible?

"Your Highness!" The tarpaulin curtain at the camp gate was opened, and Mudra's tall figure appeared: "The Cathayans' cannons are so powerful. A rough estimate is that their cannon caliber is at least twice that of ours!"

"Oh, General, are you scared? If a cannon of that caliber really weighs, how much would it weigh? How could they possibly transport it here during the rainy season?"

"I don't know how heavy it is specifically, but Your Highness, the enemy's artillery is really powerful. We have the corpses of many soldiers at least tens of meters away from the enemy's impact point. The dust splashed by the artillery shells did not cause any direct damage to them.

Damage. But the mouths, eyes, and noses of these soldiers were all covered in blood. This was, they were shocked to death! Apart from super large-caliber cannons, I really can’t think of anything else that can have this kind of power."

"My general, I don't care how powerful the enemy's artillery is. We must survive this night. You know our troops. If we withdraw at night, we will collapse without the enemy chasing us!"

"Yes, I have given orders to the officers below to stay on the spot and fight back with all their strength. Your Highness, your safety is the only thing..."

"I have my own guard. Just do your own thing, General."

"yes!"

…

"Da da da, da da da."

On the way forward of the Ming army, a machine gun point that kept spitting out flames became a roadblock for the Ming army. Several soldiers rushing in front were cut down by this sudden fire point.

"Hmph! Where's the Jaguar? Where's our Jaguar?"

"Squad leader, here we come!"

Several gunners each carried a box of items and ran over quickly and jumped into a crater. Then in the dark night, with the help of weak firelight, they quickly assembled a Jaguar mortar.

"Position, prepare, place!"

The old gunner's cannon fired extremely accurately, and in just two rounds, he knocked out this firepower point cleanly.

…

"Hmph, barbarians, do you really think that my Ming Dynasty has no cannons?"

General Liu Zhaosun, who was only five or six hundred meters away from the soldiers at the forefront, put down the telescope in his hand, raised his hand and looked at his watch: "It's been an hour, have the obstacles around the enemy camp been almost cleared?

"

"General, according to the battle conditions collected by the staff department, if not 100%, then 80% or 90% is possible."
Chapter completed!