After receiving the report from his own scouts, Mao Wenlong was shocked. While sending more scouts for intensive investigation, he also quickly launched deployment.

As the intelligence was collected bit by bit and brought to the Chief of Staff Li Yongfang, Lao Li quickly determined that the opponent was a large corps with a strength of at least 80,000.

This makes Mao Wenlong feel troubled.

Speaking of which, he now has eight divisions with 120,000 people. But five of them are Indian divisions with not very good combat capabilities. So along the way, the main job of the soldiers of these five divisions is to take charge of

Carrying food, ammunition, taking care of the sick, etc.—the Indians do quite well at these things.

But now there is a war. No matter how well these Indian soldiers provide logistical support, Mao Wenlong cannot be happy.

As a general who had fought against the Spaniards on Luzon Island, Mao Wenlong had never underestimated the combat power of the European coalition. Therefore, after a brief discussion with Li Yongfang, the two made a decision: to launch defense on the spot.

, blocking the Europeans' northward advance. If the Europeans retreated, the army would keep a distance and follow them.

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"What? The Chinese on the opposite side actually made a defensive stance? Did you read that correctly, Johnson?"

For Gustavus, it was generally very pleasant for Gustav to lead a large corps on this expedition: compared with the attack on the Ottomans more than ten years ago, this time, His Majesty Philip directly appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the Indian Army.

After years of integration within the EU, the overall quality of the soldiers handed over to him is much better than the mercenaries of the past.

However, no matter how much he emphasized the unity of Europe, at least in terms of his personal adjutants, Gustav still instinctively chose the Swedes. Therefore, there were a bunch of sons around him at the moment.

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"Your Majesty, after the scouts compiled the observation reports, I was also very surprised, so I went to the front line for a closer observation. Indeed, as our scouts said, the enemy dug trenches about 15 kilometers away from us.

, built barriers and assumed a defensive posture."

"Well..." Gustav rubbed his chin for a while and said doubtfully: "That shouldn't be the case. Logically speaking, according to the time, the purpose of this army is to go south to rescue the Japanese and Koreans. But since it is reinforcements, then

When you see us, you should take the initiative to attack us. What does it mean to defend on the spot?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I feel very confused too."

After a while, Gustav smiled: "Johnson, I roughly understand the opponent's commander's difficulties."

"His Majesty?"

"Although the situation reported by our scouts shows that the army on the opposite side has a large number of people, at least more than 100,000 people. But there is no doubt that there must be troops with weak combat effectiveness, and this ratio is quite high.

"

"A unit with very weak combat effectiveness? Your Majesty, although I have never fought against the Chinese. But I heard that the Chinese were on par with the Spanish elite in the Philippines and Egypt, and even had a slight advantage. This..."

"No, if I guess correctly, there should be many Indians in the army opposite. Johnson, along the way we have recruited many Indians to provide us with logistical support. What do you think of these guys?"

"Stupid, lazy, self-righteous... It's okay to use whips and bayonets to let them do logistical work, but use them to fight? Oh, Your Majesty, if you really let me command them, I would rather be an ordinary soldier and charge."

"Hahaha, so, if we use this reason to explain it, then the commander on the opposite side did not lead his army southward at the first time, and now he takes the initiative to assume a defensive posture when encountering us, everything is very reasonable."

"I understand. Thank you Your Majesty for clarifying my doubts. So Your Majesty? What's next?"

"Our purpose is to knock out the Chinese troops stationed in India before the Chinese elites arrive. Therefore, since the enemy has taken the initiative to stand in front of us, there is no reason not to fight. Besides...

..." He changed his confident state and said with a solemn expression: "Is the number of patients in our army increasing sharply?"

"Unfortunately, it is indeed the case, Your Majesty. As of today, our military doctors have confirmed that the number of soldiers who are unfit for the battlefield has exceeded 30,000!"

"This damn hot and humid weather!" After scolding him bitterly, Gustav said: "So, there is nothing more to say. We must launch an attack immediately. Otherwise, if the confrontation continues like this, after half a month, even if all the opponents are

Even if they are Indian soldiers, we will also fail. The old rules, Johnson, you, Larson, and Erikson each lead a frontal attack of 10,000 people from south to north. Horn, Banner, Thorsten, and I

Sen led 30,000 people to flank."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will start formulating a specific battle plan right away. I will try to hand it over to you for review this afternoon."

Looking at the battles commanded by Gustav throughout history, there is often one thing in common: this lion of the north likes to use his own soldiers with relatively weak combat power to defend the front or attack the opponent's front in disguise. When the enemy's main force is attracted,

After reaching his own front, he personally led the elite troops to bypass the opponent's flank and attack him from the side. This ferocious side kicking tactic was not something Tilly could withstand during the Thirty Years' War in this plane of history.

After two defeats, he died of serious injuries. Wallenstein held on, but also lost almost all his elite troops.

And in this time and space, this side kick will be used on Mao Wenlong.

On the 16th, scouts from both sides discovered each other's presence.

On the 18th, both sides each explored the location and surrounding conditions of the other side’s base camp.

At one o'clock in the morning on the 19th, the European coalition forces mobilized 100 75mm artillery pieces and began to violently bombard the Ming army's positions!

Mao Wenlong, who was facing a strong enemy with his weak soldiers, had been extremely anxious recently. In addition, he was getting old and his sleep quality was not good, so he did not fall asleep at all. When the cannon sounded, he ran out immediately

Your own temporary bunker.

After listening to a burst of artillery fire, Mao Wenlong said to the guards around him: "With such intensive artillery fire, is the enemy going to launch a general attack? Where is the chief of staff?"

"Zhennan, I was just about to come over and tell you that the shelling in the south is fierce, and I have to go there myself to take charge."

"No, I'll go. You and I both know the quality of the Indian division blocking the front in the south. It's better for me to take charge personally."

Because of the weak combat power of the Indian division, Mao Wenlong and Li Yongfang set up a double-ring formation. The outer ring of this circular formation was five Indian divisions, and the inner ring was three great master divisions. So

The significance of the arrangement is that since there is a Ming army behind them to supervise the battle, the soldiers of the Indian division dare not collapse spontaneously. If they really can't bear it and collapse, the Ming army's machine guns will shoot them without any psychological burden.

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However, it is best not to collapse. Therefore, Mao Wenlong prepared to personally go to the southern camp to take charge.

"Zhennan, you are the commander-in-chief of the First Army..."

"Bullshit! You and I have been working together since Kuandian for more than thirty years now. If I'm not here, you can't control it? The European artillery has been firing for a long time, and our army's artillery is still there.

They didn't start to fight back. These damn Indians are still as slow as ever. I went, I guess they can be a little faster."

"...Okay. Zhennan, take care."

"Haha, take care of yourself, Lao Li."

The camp area of ​​120,000 people is very large. Even if Mao Wenlong can ride a horse and have guards in front to clear the way, it will take a long time to really run through. At this time, it will take a long time to face the bombardment of the European coalition forces.

The front line of the Indian Fifth Division was already in chaos.

Chinese, Hindi, Urdu, Telugu... various languages ​​were mixed. The Ming officers roared at the top of their lungs, wanting to launch a counterattack as soon as possible, or to kill the Indian soldiers who were running around like headless flies.

They gathered. But more soldiers were shouting and running around in panic, not knowing what to do.

This chaotic situation lasted until 1:45 in the morning, and slowly improved after Mao Wenlong arrived at the front line. However, by this time, the shelling of the European coalition forces was almost over.

At two o'clock in the morning, about one or two kilometers away from the position of the 5th Indian Division, countless copper whistles sounded sharply. Then the Indian soldiers, who had calmed down for a while, heard an overwhelming sound of "eluo" from the opposite side.

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After thirty years of hard work by Rudolf and Philip, the European Allied Forces finally reached the point where they could issue orders uniformly in Latin.

"Don't be afraid. Set up the cannon first. There are no parameters. Just bombard first to embolden these guys below."

"Each heavy machine gun point can be fired blindly!"

Seeing that the Indian soldiers below showed some signs of loosening up after hearing the charge from the opposite side, Mao Wenlong quickly asked everyone to fire guns and fire guns - in short, give yourself courage first.

But that's it. After all, after forming an army, these guys can only fight a few forts against the earth kings who rule here in the Ming Dynasty. Faced with such a large battle, they will definitely be at a loss.

The distance of one or two kilometers only takes a few minutes for adults charging with all their strength. Not long after the Indian army opened fire, the European coalition forces rushed to the first line of defense of the Indian army.

After the Indian artillery fire began, the artillery fire from the rear of the coalition forces also quickly opened fire, and soon the Indian artillery that survived the initial artillery fire was completely terminated.

"Hey!" Looking at the panic of his own defense line, Mao Wenlong shook his head helplessly, and then said to his personal guards: "Let's withdraw first and let our 25th Division come up. At the same time, we sent out messengers to notify the people in charge.
Chapter completed!