"What? My Ming Dynasty actually suffered a defeat in India? Ouch, this loss is huge!"

"What, what's going on? We still lost the fight? Oh, it's the little brat named Li Yongfang who rebelled against Suo!"

"Li Yongfang, the Yan family shovel, I will support your mother!"

Time has entered October of the twenty-first year of the Apocalypse, starting from Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Wuchang, Guangzhou, Nanjing... With the skillful reporting of the six major newspapers controlled by Zhang Shize, ordinary people in various provinces of the Ming Dynasty have successively

I learned about the dynasty's defeat in India.

Zhu Youdong doesn't bother to turn defeat into victory and whitewash peace. Besides, let alone such a huge defeat, it is almost impossible to completely conceal it. Let's just say that the world has now entered a large-scale world between time travellers.

In the decisive stage of the decisive battle, no matter whether they win or lose in the future wars of the Ming Dynasty, the number of casualties will definitely increase. If we don’t take advantage of this defeat to let the people of this country slowly get used to the larger casualty figures, we have to say

Our army was victorious, and the victory extended to Myanmar and so on - it was not the people who were stupid, but the rulers themselves who were stupid!

Of course, a major defeat and a large loss of troops must be reported truthfully. But how to report it requires skills.

This time, in the report arranged by Zhang Shize, the six major newspapers all vaguely pointed the reason for the failure to Li Yongfang: In short, the main problem of our Ming Dynasty's failure was because of the traitor - the chief of staff, who controls the entire army.

All the people who planned the battle and were specifically responsible for implementing the arrangements. If such people betrayed us, how could our army not lose the war?

"Your Majesty, the current public opinion is generally under control. The information compiled by newspapers from various places, Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and Royal Holdings' shops all show that although the people of Ming Dynasty were shocked by our country's failure in India, they were basically disappointed with the final outcome of the war.

The ending was optimistic. At the same time, everyone was thinking about Li Yongfang as the reason for the defeat, but they didn't have anything bad to say about our navy and General Mao."

"That's good."

"Furthermore, Your Majesty, after the imperial court's propaganda, there has been an upsurge among the people to donate money to build ships and sign up to join the army. Recently, military service bureaus in various places have reported that the number of young men and women voluntarily requesting to join the army is higher than before.

At least 30% more."

"Hahaha, very good, very good. The people of our Ming Dynasty are indeed bloody."

Speaking of which, among the seven time-travelers, Zhu Youdong is confident that he is absolutely ahead of the other six time-travelers in two items: one is naturally medicine. Ming Dynasty now not only has various antibiotics, but also has a complete medical system and standardized

Medical operation. As a result, the average life expectancy of Ming Dynasty has been rising in recent years, and the mortality rate of newborns has been declining. Even on the battlefield, more and more wounded people can be saved - this will be revealed in the follow-up

In a large-scale war, it is definitely a huge advantage.

Secondly, as the only time traveler who has always lived under the red flag, he is best at dialectics. After traveling for nearly forty years, Zhu Youdong has seen the good side of bad things countless times, and then turned the funeral into a tragedy.

What a happy event.

This time, the propaganda of the six major newspapers focused on highlighting the ferocity of the enemy, the trash of the Indians, the loyalty and bravery of Mao Wenlong and other soldiers, and the shamelessness of Li Yongfang. After such reports, the emotions of the people were naturally aroused.

In short, public opinion is under control, and the people are still full of confidence in the royal family and the court. But confidence is just a multiplier. Without strength, no amount of confidence is useless.

Speaking of strength, judging from this Indian war, the army on the ground, even the army that has been corroded in India for three years, can be on par with the European army forces. Therefore, the only thing lacking now is

The navy.

Of course, as Zhu Youxiao said, no matter how anxious you are, the 10,000-ton giant ship will not be available. Therefore, this thing will have to wait.

However, the navy is a technical service after all. In addition to the warship itself, other technological configurations on the warship are also very important.

Therefore, during the recent period, he went to Fangshan Academy of Sciences whenever he had time.

Since Fangshan Academy of Sciences overcame the resistance problem, Fangshan's electrical research has been mainly divided into two directions in the past year or so: one is the research on power plant related equipment and grid-connected transmission of electric energy. The other is telephone and telegraph. Previous project

The person in charge was Song Yingxing, and for the next project, Zhu Youdong directly hired Zhu Kuiyou, a member of the clan.

Judging from Fangshan's recent research progress, it will still take a long time for large-scale power plants and widespread electric energy applications. However, telephones and wired telegraphs have already seen the light of day. Fangshan Academy of Sciences has even begun to write Chinese telegraph codes.

That's it. Ming's new round of technological explosion will take at least three to five years. Before that, Ming will have to continue to fight its enemies with relatively backward technology.

However, there will be no fighting if the technology is backward? What a joke. As a time-traveler from China, although I have not experienced it personally, I have been exposed to it since childhood. In most of the six wars after the founding of China, the equipment was not as good as others.

Next battle. So what?

Therefore, although losing India is a bit painful, the entire Ming Dynasty, from Zhu Youdong onwards, is not very depressed. Everyone is full of confidence in the future.

The time has entered November of 1638. Along the way, starting from Beijing, Tian Ergen has passed through railways, highways and even winding mountain roads. Tian Ergen, who has been running for two months, finally arrived at the Mubang Military and Civilian Mansion in the Ming Dynasty.

As Zhu Youdong traveled back to this era and flashed his butterfly wings, he opened up the territory for the first time and acquired the land. Over the past thirty years, thanks to the jade business, the business has grown bigger and bigger. The entire Mubang Mansion is now very prosperous, and the local area

The people here are also generally wealthy. Naturally, the people here are also extremely loyal to the imperial court.

Now, due to geographical reasons, this place has become the first stop for the Ming Dynasty to receive many officials, military officers, businessmen and their families who returned home from India's defeat.

"I'm going to pay my respects to Prime Minister Wen."

"Commander, you are very polite. I lost my life in India. Now that I am back in China, I will be ready to be killed. But I cannot be called Commander-in-Chief Wen."

"Xiang Wen's words are serious. I came to Mubang this time under the emperor's order. The main task is to interrogate and screen the returnees. Before leaving the capital, the emperor specifically confessed that Prime Minister Wen is a person who has made great contributions to the country, so

At that time, Prime Minister Wen only needs to hand over a memorial of apology and that will be all."

"God's great grace makes me burst into tears of gratitude!"

After Wen Tiren knelt down in the direction of Beijing, Tian Ergen said: "Xiaguan also met some messengers from Yunnan along the way, but Xiaguan still wants to hear in person what Wen Xiang said about the recent news.

The battle situation."

"This is a serious matter, I should try my best to cooperate."

To put it simply, after the Deccan Battle in June 1638, the Ming army, which suffered heavy losses, had to shrink its defense lines and deployed its main forces in Kanpur, a transportation artery in the middle reaches of the Ganges. As for the European coalition forces in South India

Due to the widespread epidemic, the offensive had to be suspended.

On July 20, the last batch of 200,000 EU troops arrived. Gustav and Wallenstein assembled 350,000 troops, and with the help of the navy, landed from Bombay and quickly swept through Delhi and Agra.

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On July 30, the coalition forces began to attack Kanpur. Under the command of Huang Degong, the coalition's attack did not go smoothly. At the cost of about 30,000 casualties, they still failed to break through Kanpur's defense system.

Gustav then changed his tactics: on the one hand, he surrounded Kanpur with his main force. On the other hand, he sent a small number of troops to bypass the lower reaches of Kanpur to cut off Huang Degong's logistics route. At the same time, India had entered the rainy season at this time, and the Ganges River surged. The Spaniards

The 2,000-ton destroyer sailed upstream from Dhaka and completely controlled the shipping of the Ganges.

On August 13, Liu Zhaosun's fifteen divisions of soldiers and various heavy equipment finally crossed the Arakan Mountains and arrived near Kanpur. Ming Dynasty's twenty divisions, nearly 300,000 people, and more than 30 European coalition forces

Thousands of people fought in a decisive battle near Kanpur.

This battle was extremely fierce at the beginning. When the Ming army commanded by Liu Zhaosun, Huang Degong, Zhao Lijiao, Lu Xiangsheng and others faced the famous European generals such as Gustavus Wallenstein, Raimundo, Durenni, etc.,

They were not inferior in terms of tactics. However, when the war lasted until the tenth day, the Ming army, which had lost control of the sea and could not even use the Ganges shipping, could no longer sustain its logistics. All the troops were mobilized:

Not to mention the ammunition base has dropped to an extremely dangerous level. Even the food supply for the army is about to bottom out.

As a last resort, the army commander-in-chief Liu Zhaosun was forced to order a retreat.

During the retreat, the European coalition forces pursued relentlessly. Although the Chinese army's alternate cover retreat was executed extremely well, during the battle, one side could pour out firepower unscrupulously, while the other side had to buckle down and calculate the battle.

Only a few bullets can be fired, and there is no fairness in such a battle.

Therefore, although during the retreat, the Ming army repeatedly dug holes and set traps for the opponent and organized two large-scale counterattacks. However, when they were almost out of ammunition and food, the Ming army suffered far greater losses.

In the European Allied Forces.

On September 3, Zhu Youdong's order from Beijing arrived, allowing Liu Zhaosun to completely abandon India and withdraw to Myanmar. At this time, Liu Zhaosun's troops were less than fifty kilometers away from the Dongge Pass in the Arakan Mountains.

On September 6, the Ming army withdrew into the Dongge Pass and defended it. The coalition forces gave up the pursuit and began to build fortifications along the Dongge Pass. At this point, the first Indian battle between Europe and the Ming Dynasty ended.

In the first stage of this battle, the European coalition forces suffered about 40,000 casualties and defeated nearly 200,000 of the 260,000 Ming troops stationed in India under the command of Mao Wenlong. Among them, the Ming Dynasty, Japan, and Fuguo

The number of people killed in the Three Kingdoms exceeded 40,000, and nearly 20,000 were captured.

In the second stage of the battle, Liu Zhaosun and Huang Degong's group had more than 70,000 killed, more than 20,000 missing, and more than 20,000 prisoners. Among the remaining 200,000 people, there were more than 70,000 lightly or seriously wounded. Various types of heavy equipment were even lost.

Almost exhausted.

At this stage, although the European coalition suffered greater losses than the Ming army when attacking Kanpur, the casualty rate was quickly reversed during the subsequent pursuit. The final data obtained by Gustav was: 53,000 killed

The rest are missing, and the number of prisoners does not exceed 1,000. There are more than 50,000 lightly and seriously wounded.
Chapter completed!