Chapter 1239, the last war elephant in the cold weapon era
On an open plain called Kannu, the two armies were slowly pressing toward each other like two huge dark clouds.
Before the war started, a chilling air formed into a terrifying wind that swept across the earth, causing a large number of vultures to gather in the sky, circling constantly, as if waiting for the arrival of the feast.
Rana~Sangha was riding on his horse, looking at his huge team, and he was full of confidence.
Because they had made adequate preparations in advance, this time Rana~Sangha organized a large army.
There are 57,000 Hindu Rajputs, 12,000 ylsk Rajputs, 10,000 Afghan military households, 3 to 5,000 cannon fodder recruited from the Ganges River Basin, and 500
A tall and brave war elephant.
With a total force of more than 80,000, as well as a large number of cavalry and war elephants, this is definitely a powerful and terrifying force, as long as it can be fully utilized.
Defeating the enemy in front of you is just the beginning. Rana~Sangha's ambition goes far beyond that. Unifying the entire Tianzhu continent and restoring the glory of the Aryan ancestors is his ultimate goal.
The army is marching forward with great momentum, especially the five hundred war elephants in the middle. Each war elephant is huge, wearing armor smeared with red fuel, and roars from time to time, in the middle of the sky and the earth.
echoing continuously.
Less than three miles away from them, Qin Yuan also led a large army and was preparing for the war.
According to the intelligence collected by Liu Jiang on Northern Tianzhu, the most powerful ones in the entire Northern Tianzhu region are not actually the decadent Lodi dynasty, but these Aryan tribes.
The Delhi Sultanate has been ruling Northern Tianzhu for three hundred years. These Turks and Afghans from Central Asia have long been decayed, and there are many internal conflicts. They are fragmented and scattered, and there is no need to worry at all.
Just from the battle of Alag, we can see that even in the era of cold weapons, they are already vulnerable, not to mention that the army under King Ning is also equipped with a large number of firearms and cannons.
The Aryan tribe is different. They have ruled this ancient land for a long time. Relying on Hinduism and the caste system, their status is unshakable.
And the Rajputs who were mainly targeted this time were brave and good at fighting. They were known as the "Indian warriors" and were very sacrificial. However, these Aryan tribes had not been united with each other and had not been united together, so they
It has been invaded by foreign tribes many times.
King Ning and the ministers of Ning State clearly realized that it was not difficult to defeat the Lodi Dynasty and occupy Northern Tianzhu. The key was how to rule here in the future.
The large presence of these Aryan tribes seriously threatened King Ning's future rule of this land.
You must know that the leaders of these tribes have supreme authority in various places. They not only have the right to tax, but also have their own army and governing institutions. They are even God's spokespersons in the world, and they can easily incite those ignorant lower castes.
people.
Based on this thinking, he also learned that Rana Sangha had formed a large army to prepare for the fishermen's profit, so King Ning also sent Qin Yuan to lead the army to conquer Rana Sangha first. The "Tianzhu Warriors" headed by him would first
Get down and talk.
Out of the great importance he attached to Rana~Sangha, King Ning also dispatched a strong lineup.
Ten thousand Korean warriors, ten thousand Japanese warriors, twenty thousand slave troops, five thousand musketeers, five thousand cavalry and one hundred and fifty cannons, a huge army with a total strength of more than fifty thousand, are ready to eliminate Rana~Sangha in one fell swoop
, completely shattering the confidence of these Aryans.
"Tap tap~ tap tap~"
The 50,000-strong army marched on the land. After professional training, when the 50,000-strong army marched, they marched in neat steps and made a unified sound.
Qin Yuan was riding a horse and standing on a hillside, holding a telescope in his hand, carefully observing Rana~Sangha's huge team.
"War elephant?"
Soon, he noticed the five hundred war elephants located in the center of the army.
"It's been a long time since I met a war elephant."
Qin Yuan laughed. He was born in the Ming army. He once followed Liu Jin and Zhang Mao to fight in Southeast Asia, participated in the battle with Siam, and saw a war elephant army composed of elephants here in Siam.
Because of their large size, elephants are trained and then put on defensive armor. Once they charge, they are like steel beasts, rampaging and causing huge impact on cavalry and infantry.
However, that was in the cold weapon era.
Facing cannons and muskets, elephants will appear very vulnerable. Moreover, once these elephants panic and run around, they will not only be unable to cause any harm to the enemy, but will also cause riots and tramples on their own side, disrupting their own side.
formation, causing a large number of infantrymen gathered around the elephant to fall into chaos.
"With such a dense formation, it seems they don't know how powerful artillery is."
"Okay, let you have a taste of the blooming bombs we bought at a high price."
Qin Yuan is full of confidence for the upcoming battle.
"Command the artillery, wait and concentrate your energy on attacking the opponent's central army. Use the explosive shells for me. I will tear the opening directly from the middle and charge in."
"Order the cavalry troops to encircle and outflank them, and never let anyone go."
Soon, Qin Yuan issued orders one after another, and the army began to respond quickly.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and there is no need for scouts to report. Both sides can clearly see the other's existence.
Like two turbulent waves, surging and undulating, they are about to collide heavily.
"Daming people!"
Rana~Sangha was riding on his BMW and looked at the enemy army in front of him. The size and number were much smaller than his own. There were more than 80,000 people on his side, but only 50,000 on the other side, and most of them were
Infantry, not much cavalry seen.
"Lord Shiva bless us!"
"Warriors, kill!"
Rana~Sangha shouted loudly, took out the sword in his hand, swung it forward, and immediately the army under his command rushed towards the opponent.
"Originally, I wanted to wait until both of you were defeated before dealing with you, but now you have come to us on your own initiative, so don't blame us for dealing with you Ming people first."
Rana Sangha looked at the army rushing past like a tide. He was full of confidence. He believed that God would bless him and he would definitely win.
“Distance 1200 meters~”
"Wind speed level 2~"
Here at Ning Wang's artillery position, one hundred and fifty cannons are lined up. Next to each cannon, the artillerymen are quickly calculating the firing parameters, and the cannons are quickly adjusting the angle and direction of firing.
"Three quick shots!"
"Fire!"
Soon, with the commander's flag waving.
"Dong dong~dong dong~"
Loud noises pierced the sky, billowing smoke shrouded the air, and artillery shells roared towards the enemy.
"Kill!"
"Kill all these Ming people!"
"Let them taste the power of an elephant."
Here in Rana~Sangha's central army, beside each war elephant, a large number of densely packed infantry followed the pace of the elephants, shouting as they advanced.
Soon, as deafening loud noises were heard, these elephants stopped moving forward one after another.
These elephants are all trained war elephants, but they lack the training to deal with artillery. Although the elephants are large in size, they are not very courageous and are afraid of fire and loud noises.
The fire has been specially trained. As long as the fire is not too big, these war elephants can overcome it. However, when the loud noise from the cannon came, these elephants were scared.
"Huh~"
Soon, dense projectiles came crashing down with a terrifying whistling sound.
"Ah~"
Under the dense formation, the artillery shells bounced on the ground, instantly leaving a path of blood. Wherever they passed, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and some unlucky soldiers were even smashed into pulp.
A huge elephant was directly hit by a projectile and was killed on the spot. With a mournful cry, it fell heavily, causing a commotion.
However this is just the beginning.
Three rapid-fire artillery shells formed three waves of projectiles, causing the entire Chinese army to become commotion.
The war elephant roared loudly and looked very panicked. Fortunately, the people on top of the war elephant quickly comforted and controlled it, so it didn't collapse.
However, soon after three rapid-fire rounds, the artillerymen replaced the shells with explosive shells.
"Hu~hu~"
Another wave of roaring sound pierced the sky.
The bombs fell quickly one after another.
"Boom~Boom~"
With loud noises, the explosive bombs exploded in the dense formation, and countless iron sheets and steel balls flew in all directions with the loud noises.
"Ah~"
Suddenly, countless screams rang out, and the surrounding area was a mess of blood and flesh.
"Hiss~"
The war elephants finally lost control. Accompanied by roars, these war elephants began to run around uncontrollably, and the entire army suddenly became a complete commotion.
Around the elephants, these infantrymen fled in panic, fearing that they would be trampled to death by the elephants.
At the same time, bombs continued to fall one after another, forming explosion points. With the explosion point as the center, death areas were formed. The impact of countless iron sheets and steel balls formed a terrifying lethality.
These people, who had never experienced artillery fire before, were so frightened that they were like headless flies, scurrying around and trampling on each other in an extremely chaotic situation.
However, the merciless artillery attacks came one after another, seemingly with no intention of stopping.
The whistling sound of the artillery shell was like the roar of death. Whenever it fell, a large number of people were blown to pieces with bloody flesh.
The panicked elephants were running continuously, and no one knew how many people were trampled to death by the elephants. They completely lost control, and the entire Chinese army suddenly collapsed.
"kill!"
Qin Yuan's face was filled with a smile, and with a wave of the sword in his hand, the slave army, the Japanese army, and the Korean samurai army rushed forward like a tide.
