"澾澾竜悾澾澾澾..."

At five o'clock in the morning on April 15, 1634, on the Ming Army artillery position about five kilometers east of the first line of defense of the Indian Army's Kanpur defense circle, there were 1,200 75mm guns, 240 105mm guns, and 60 150mm guns.

The giant cannons were arranged in a stack. Then the artillerymen at each gun position shook the handles desperately and gradually raised the barrels.

When the time reached 5:30, countless red flares soared into the sky, and the Ming army's artillery positions collectively roared.

The ground began to tremble again, dust flew everywhere, smoke filled the air, and deafening explosions occurred one after another. The Indian army's position quickly fell into a dense rain of bullets.

The most basic basis of modern artillery's accurate shooting is trigonometric functions. The reason why it is a trigonometric function is of course because the shooting of modern artillery is always related to a triangle.

Our artillery, our observation point and the enemy's target form a triangle. During the artillery bombardment, the observation point continuously transmits back the changes in the enemy's artillery position and the effect of our bullet's impact point, and then our artillery responds to these

The values ​​are calculated through trigonometric functions, and the shooting elements are constantly corrected.

Of course, this requires a prerequisite: reliable radio technology. Or the party's wired telephones have not been cut off on the battlefield.

At this time, the Ming army's artillery fire is completely unable to use trigonometric functions to guide the shooting: even if the Ming army's scouts lurk in the enemy's artillery positions, how can they quickly transmit the relevant data back?

Therefore, the Ming army's artillery attack at this time was very simple and crude: cover and shoot, and cover and shoot repeatedly.

After the overwhelming bombardment lasted for an hour, the Ming army's artillery raised its head again, further extending its range, crossing the first line of defense of the Indian army, and conducting isolated shelling on the area between the two lines of defense of the Indian army.

The artillery fire continued, and at the front of the Ming army, on a twenty-kilometer-wide front, countless charge horns sounded, and a green wave surged towards the Indian army's defense line.

It was at this time that fire began to flash on the Indian army's position: their artillery finally began to counterattack.

In the green wave sweeping the earth, occasionally one or two cannonballs fall into the green wave. After the explosion, it will cause a certain gap in the green wave. But it won't take long for the green wave to automatically return to its original state.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty, the number of artillery of the Indian army was too small. And because they were afraid of the Ming Dynasty's artillery, they did not dare to deploy their artillery too far forward. This resulted in the Indian army's artillery being unable to cover

The entire front cannot be suppressed when the Ming army is far away from its own defense line. In short, the effect is very limited.

At 7:10 in the morning, the Ming army's forward line had already approached the Indian army's first line of defense, which was only seven or eight hundred meters away. The sound of heavy machine gun fire also sounded from the Indian army's position. However, due to the previous attack

A full hour of shelling was worth it. The Indian army commander had long known how powerful the Ming army's artillery fire was, and there were not many troops deployed on the front line. Therefore, relatively few Indian soldiers survived the shelling, even though some machine guns

After Dian made the Ming army pay a certain price, they were quickly knocked out by the Ming army's mortars or the soldiers' alternating cover and assault.

"Hurry, hurry, the enemy trench is right in front. After jumping in later, I will move to the left and you to the right. Each of them will sweep the shuttle first."

"okay!"

As the words were heard, Cao Bianjiao and Zuo Mengeng jumped up and almost jumped into each other's trenches at the same time. Then before they even landed, their respective submachine guns rang out in mid-air.

After the two of them regained their footing and were covering each other back to back, they realized that apart from the corpses of the enemy soldiers, there was not a single living enemy soldier in their field of vision.

"The artillery fired so accurately? Did they kill them all?"

"Shit, some must have died, and the rest ran away when they saw us coming up!"

After saying this, Cao Bianjiao blew a whistle, and then more soldiers jumped into the trenches: "Old rules, one row on the left, two rows on the right, sweep the trenches. Three rows go forward to defend this section of the position."

"Got the order!"

After the order was issued, he and Zuo Mengeng tacitly led their respective teams to sweep forward along the trenches dug by the Indian army. Along the way, thanks to their cooperation and the fierce firepower provided by submachine guns and grenades, his

The platoon killed about twenty Indian soldiers along the way, while only one person on our side was injured.

Cao Bianjiao, who had always felt full of energy during this period, became even more excited. After connecting with another company in front, he jumped out of the trench, summoned his brothers, and continued to charge forward bravely.

…

"Your Majesty, we have captured the first trench."

"Hmm..." mdI only saw a green wave sweeping up. Where it hit or how it hit, I couldn't understand it at all.

Zhu Youdong moved his eyes away from the large telescope with a fixed mount, nodded pretendingly, and said calmly: "You guys did a good job."

"It's all because of the Emperor's personal visit, which has raised the morale of these monkeys to the extreme. Hey, Your Majesty, I'm not trying to flatter you. Since the Emperor's landing, the morale of the army has been getting better day by day. These are all thanks to the Emperor.

People who have led the army for many years can clearly feel it."

"Yes, Your Majesty, this morale is high, and the various tactical actions performed by the soldiers on the battlefield are closer to the ideal state. It can not only quickly expand the results of the battle, but also effectively reduce one's own casualties."

Hey, why else would I come all the way here? Aren’t I just here to add a buff to everyone?

In short, the buff of Wuqu Xingjun is very useful. The only drawback is that it has a distance limit, which forces me to conquer it personally from time to time.

However, to be honest, I am not here purely to boost the morale of our soldiers.

"Mr. Wen, you've never been to a battlefield before, right? How did it feel?"

"That's great. I will be able to brag to my children and grandchildren for a long time when I go back. However, the emperor has a body of thousands of gold, so it's better to try not to get involved in the front line."

"It's okay. My position is at least three kilometers away from the enemy. And according to your opinion, I didn't come out with a nine-dragon umbrella." After smiling, Zhu Youdong did not pretend to be brave, but under the protection of the generals, he went to

The rear retreated: He could just take a look here. If he really stayed for a long time, it would seriously affect the generals' command. He still had this consciousness.

After retreating to the base camp at least ten kilometers away from the front line, Zhu Youdong and Wen Tiren sat down and began to play duel.

"How are the princes of India getting along?"

"Overall, it's not bad." Old Wen smiled slightly: In his opinion, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty did bully the generals too much in the past, so that the level of Ming Dynasty's external combat effectiveness continued to decline. This needs to be changed. But like

The emperor completely separated the civil and military affairs in this way, and made the civil servants completely uninvolved in the affairs of the generals. This is really an overkill.

In the past, when fighting small countries like Japan and Siam, it was nothing for the emperor to do this. But how to fight against a big country like the Mughals without letting the civil servants come up to cooperate with the military generals? Will those warriors know how to negotiate? How to unite vertically and horizontally? How to split?

Estrange?

When fighting against a big country, you must win over a few of the enemy's allies and many of your own allies. Warriors like these who attack without saying anything will not last long.

Fortunately, now it seems that the emperor has realized this and finally allowed us civil servants to participate in the war. I have to do a good job in this regard. This is a matter of earning a future for us civil servants!

"Your Majesty, I have met with representatives from the three Mughal governors during this period, including more than thirty wealthy families from various places. Their opinions are unanimous. As long as the emperor respects their beliefs and safeguards the interests of the upper castes, they will

I don’t mind changing to another emperor.”

"This is just a neutral statement at most. Has anyone come to you on your own initiative?"

"Yes. The leader of the Sikh tribe, Gebinde, expressed his willingness to call on his tribe to abandon the Mughals and serve the emperor now."

"What do they want from me? An independent country?"

"The Holy Ming has no fault. What Gebinde means is that if the Ming Dynasty can replace the Mughals as the master of this place, they want the entire Punjab to establish an independent country. After the establishment of the country, they are willing to pay the blood tax to the Ming Dynasty."

"Well..." The Sikhs can be regarded as the most industrious and brave among the many ethnic groups in the Indian continent, right? The Sikh religion they believe in also has more positive teachings than Hinduism (monogamy, opposition to caste,

Help each other). But the territory they want is Punjab: this is not the poor Punjab in India in the 21st century. The so-called Punjab means the land of five rivers. Before the partition of India and Pakistan, it was a vast area with fertile land.

The blessed land.

However, if a big country like the Mughals really wants to fight hard, I don’t know how long it will take. Why am I here in person? Isn’t it because the generals can’t see the most deadly part of this country?

In this continent, there is no dominant ethnic group that has an absolute advantage. The only thing that can unite so many inexplicable ethnic groups, and most of them are lazy ethnic groups, is religion.

However, the number of followers of the Xingyue Sect, which is regarded as the state religion, is at a disadvantage here. There are a large number of Hindus, as well as Sikhism with unique beliefs, as well as Buddhism, Jainism, Jainism... among so many religions

The conflicts between sects are extremely deep. Isn't it stupid not to make a fuss about this but to use purely military means?

"Mr. Wen, tell the Sikhs that I basically agree to their request. By basic, I mean, whether we will give them a complete Punjab after the war and allow them to establish an independent country, I have to see how they perform next."

"I took note of it. In addition, Cunzhi (Gao Panlong) and others seized everything they could read and see to study India after receiving the emperor's order. A few months after arriving here, they made a suggestion to me."

"What advice?"
Chapter completed!