In order to stimulate Byzantium, Su Chen gave them the promise of giving them the advanced artillery of the Tang Dynasty for free.
"It should be of some use!"
After the Byzantine envoy left, Su Chen said to himself.
Su Chen, who obtained the Greek fire-making technology, immediately handed it over to Fercido, asking him to make Greek fire as quickly as possible while translating the technical brochure given to him by Byzantium into Chinese.
After staying in Borajan for a few more days, Yuchi Baolin sent someone back to report that Shiraz had been easily captured and the army was returning.
After Su Chen got the news, he left Borajan and returned to the fleet to prepare the next plan.
Five days later, the army returned,
Su Chen calculated the time and found that he had been delayed here for half a month and it was time to move on.
Prince Khosrow did not return with the army,
Rappasu said that Khosrow would stay in Shiraz and take charge of the overall situation.
From now on, he will lead the Persians to follow the Tang army and continue to move forward.
Su Chen didn't care about this. The Persians had only two uses in the eyes of Tang Jun.
The first is to make as much noise as possible, drag the local cannibals away, and prevent them from gathering in the direction of Tai'anfeng.
The second is to follow the Tang army and serve as auxiliary soldiers for the Tang army. They have no intention of letting them come forward to fight against the cannibals and just help them transport supplies.
In the cities along the way, the Tang army helped them blast open the city gates with cannons, and then asked them to rush into the city and deal with the remaining remains.
The army on the shore goes first, and the fleet follows and assists on the coast.
Advancing northwest along the Persian Gulf, they were invincible along the way. Facing the Tang Dynasty and the Persian coalition forces, the Great Eaters had no power to fight back.
The coalition forces advanced all the way and soon reached the westernmost end of the Persian Gulf.
The coalition forces turned westward and continued to advance along the western shore of the Persian Gulf.
After taking the Shaher Port, Su Chen asked the army to repair it here.
Starting from Borajan, the army fought for thousands of miles without stopping. The Persians were very tired.
If they hadn't been stimulated by successive victories along the way, Su Chen probably wouldn't have been able to persevere even the Persians.
On the transport ship, Su Chen summoned the officers to plan the next move.
"We've been in the Mesopotamia for a while, right?"
"This cannibal is so calm. Even though we got all the way here, we didn't even send out a single interception force."
"The idea of consuming the enemy's strength in advance has completely failed."
Li Chengqian felt a little helpless about the cannibal's reaction.
Su Chen pointed at the map and said: "We are less than 150 miles away from the city of Basra at the mouth of the Karun River, and there are no large towns ahead."
"I guess the elite cannibals will be waiting for us there,"
"No matter how calm the Big Ogre is, even if it's just for testing, their elite troops should come out to fight us once."
"After all, this is their best opportunity. Basra was originally a military city built by them."
Everyone nodded. As long as the cannibal is not stupid, he will not give up this opportunity.
Even if they were determined to wait for the Tang army to enter the interior before having a decisive battle with the Tang army on land,
Then we should use this fortress to test the strength of the Tang army and prepare for the decisive battle in the future.
So far, the main force of the Great Cannibal has not fought against the Tang army!
"So the Battle of Basra may be the first confrontation between us and Dashi's elite troops. Everyone must be well prepared."
Liu Rengui: "Commander, our difficulty is that Basra is on the west bank of the Karun River. Our troops must either cross the river to attack or land on the beach."
"The Big Eater will definitely not stay in the city waiting for us to cross the river or land from the coast."
"Both of these two options have great risks. Which one should I choose?"
Sun Renshi frowned and said: "There are also those Persians. Although their combat power is not very good, there are some places where they can make up for the shortcomings of our army's lack of strength."
Liu Rengui shook his head: "In a duel between the elite main forces, not only will they not be able to help us, they might even cause trouble for us. I don't recommend going with them this time."
Su Chendao thought for a while and said: "The Persians are still of great use, and they cannot be abandoned completely. We can let Lapu Pasu select a group of elite ones."
"As for the attack plan, I plan to launch it from the river bank and the beach at the same time!"
Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly said: "Commander, our troops are insufficient. If we spread our troops further, we may be suppressed by the concentrated troops of the cannibals."
Su Chen shook his head: "Basra is a newly built town in Dashi. There can't be many enemy troops stationed there. I don't think it will exceed 30,000."
"Commander, 30,000 is already a lot. Our army only has a few thousand people, and whether it is crossing the river or seizing the beach, there will definitely be no heavy weapons support after landing."
Su Chen said: "So we must transport the most manpower as quickly as possible to minimize our numerical disadvantage."
"In fact, with the combat power of our army, under the cover of artillery and hot-air balloons, our army will have no big problem whether it is crossing the river or seizing the beach,"
"It will be difficult for the giant eater to prevent us from landing, and it is impossible to attack us halfway across the river."
"But the difficulty lies in how to quickly transport the artillery and military vehicles to the other side,"
"Without the support of those things, it will be difficult for us to move forward after we land."
"The Karen River is not very wide, which is convenient for us to use small boats to transport luggage back and forth,"
"But because the river is too narrow, the fleet cannot enter. At most, some frigates can enter, but they cannot suppress large-scale firepower on the shore."
"With our carrying capacity, beach landings cannot transport a large number of Wugang vehicles and artillery in a short period of time. After those things are assembled, they take up a lot of space. It is also impossible for us to transport parts for assembly on the beach."
"There are only two aspects to be carried out at the same time. First, quickly transport a large number of people ashore to contain the enemy, and cover the subsequent transportation of weapons and artillery vehicles."
"We try to find favorable terrain. Basra's defense is built according to the old defense model and does not take into account the situation of artillery. There should be loopholes to find."
Su Chen spoke a lot in one breath, and everyone fell into deep thought after listening.
Liu Ren track: "Commander, in this case, there will be a lot of casualties in containing the enemy in the early stage."
Su Chen nodded: "I know, but do you have any other ideas?"
No one spoke for a long time!
Cheng Wuting said: "According to your plan, Commander, we must rely on the help of the Persians, but the Persians' fighting will..."
Su Chen smiled: "Don't look down on the Persians so much. There are twenty to thirty thousand Persians following us now. It should be possible to select a few thousand elites among them."
"several thousand?
Isn’t it too little?”
Liu Jingren and Xue Rengui asked in confusion.
The two of them were in Medina last time and were depressed by the massive cannibals. They knew very well where the Tang army's shortcomings were.
"No! It can't exceed six thousand at most. If there are too many, it will cause chaos!"
