Li Laosi stood on a small mound in the middle of the grassland, observing the movements of the Indian coalition forces on the opposite side with a 24x telescope, and sneered.
Putting down his telescope, Li Laosi said to Li Dingguo: "Dingguo, the Indians are preparing to attack our infantry fighting vehicles with the land guns shipped from Europe."
Li Dingguo said seriously: "It is absurd and ignorant to hit an egg against a stone."
Shimazu Mitsuhisa, who was standing on the other side of Li Dingguo, laughed out loud when he heard this. This Japanese prince had been a member of one town and nine provinces for many years, and now he has learned basic Chinese and can have simple conversations with Li Laosi and Li Dingguo.
Mitsuhisa Shimazu said: "These Central Asian natives know nothing about power."
Hearing Shimazu Mitsuhisa's words, Li Laosi was stunned. "You don't know anything about power" is what Prince Li Zhi said several times. Shimazu Mitsuhisa learned it very quickly and learned all of it.
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Li Laosi smiled and looked at the artillery position of the Indian coalition forces.
"What kind of artillery do the Central Asians have?"
Li Dingguo said loudly: "Uncle! The Central Asians' own artillery is so small and insignificant that it is not worth mentioning. The artillery brought to the front line by the Central Asians now are European artillery sold to them by the Dutch and British, mainly European artillery.
Nine-pounders, eighteen-pounders and twenty-four-pounders."
Li Laosi asked: "Is there any threat to us?"
Li Dingguo licked his lips and said: "Uncle, our infantry fighting vehicles are advancing on the battlefield at a high speed of more than ten kilometers per hour and are extremely difficult to be hit. And although the front armor of the infantry fighting vehicles produced by Wang Ye is not as thick as that of tanks,
But there are still 2.6 centimeters. Your Majesty is wise and powerful. Since he has sent infantry fighting vehicles to the Indian battlefield, I think he is sure to restrain the firepower of the Indian coalition forces."
"but……"
Li Laosi asked: "But what?"
Li Dingguo replied: "But the general has never seen the scene of smoothbore artillery and infantry fighting vehicles. I don't know the outcome?"
Li Laosi nodded and said: "The hot air balloon immediately began to guide the artillery firing angle, and the large-caliber heavy artillery in the rear covered the firing! Cover the armored troops' breakthrough!"
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Six hundred infantry fighting vehicles were like six hundred unstoppable beasts, using their tracks to tear the vegetation on the grassland into pieces and advancing at high speed on the undulating grassland.
Behind the infantry chariot, 20,000 Tiger and Ben army soldiers armed with shotguns followed the chariot and moved forward, getting closer and closer to the positions of the Persians, Ottomans and Indians.
Abbas II on the hill felt that his breathing was not smooth. The momentum of those giant steel beasts charging towards him made Abbas II feel a kind of fear that he had never experienced before. It was a kind of fear that transcended this era.
The sense of oppression brought by the powerful power, the power that transcends time makes people feel suffocated.
Powerless, completely helpless suffocation, the only thing you can feel in the face of this suffocation is your own insignificance.
Coplulu was also nervous and uneasy. There was already a small amount of sweat on his forehead. He didn't know whether it was because of the hot weather or because he was anxious. He used his binoculars to look at the 600 tanks approaching, and his hands were slightly unnoticeable.
Trembling.
Abbas II couldn't help it at first. When the infantry chariot was still four miles away from the Indian coalition's position due south, he waved his hand violently.
"Heavy artillery fire!"
"Concentrate all the heavy artillery and smash these despicable tanks!"
A flag on the hill was raised high, the Conch was blown violently, and the Indian coalition's artillery positions immediately opened fire.
The artillerymen from Central Asia had already aimed their cannons at the approaching tanks. As soon as the order came, the cannons from Europe immediately spit out tongues of fire.
The 600,000-strong Indian coalition had approximately more than 2,000 artillery pieces of various types. At this time, after the adjustment of Abbas II, there were more than 1,200 artillery pieces arranged due south. Half of these artillery pieces were nine-pound cannons.
But there are also more than 700 18-pound and even 24-pound heavy guns.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
A deafening salvo of thousands of artillery fire! More than a thousand artillery shells were like a meteor shower, drawing arc trajectories in the sky and shooting hard at 600 weapons that were ahead of their time.
Boss Wei, who was advancing with a small cannon behind the infantry fighting vehicle, saw the flying shells and his face froze.
"Everybody get down!"
Boss Wei's company collectively fell to the ground, and then they saw various round artillery shells hitting the grassland. The shells hit the grass or the dirt ground damaged by the tracks, making a loud banging sound and bouncing a few times.
Countless amounts of soil were splashed out.
However, in fact, the hit rate of artillery shells is very low. Six hundred infantry fighting vehicles stretched out a battlefield width of four miles, and auxiliary infantry like Wei Boss were hung in wide areas at different distances behind the tanks, so more than a thousand
The bombing density of artillery shells was actually not high, and few auxiliary soldiers were hit.
Of course, there were also lucky shells that hit the infantry fighting vehicle. Boss Wei saw that an infantry fighting vehicle fifty meters away on the right was hit. A round lead bullet hit the front of the tank hard.
Huge sparks burst out from the steel armor. Amidst the huge metal collision, the sparks were as big as a firework exploding from the head of a chariot.
The chariot suddenly stagnated forward, and its forward speed suddenly stopped.
However, when the shells were bounced, Boss Wei discovered that the tank had not been penetrated by the shells. Although there was an obvious dent in the front of the tank, it was obvious that the tank's combat effectiveness had not been affected.
The 2.6 cm fine steel plate has more defensive capabilities than the 40 cm thick hardwood hull. In the naval battles of this era in Europe, the 40-pound cannon on the battleship could not penetrate the hardwood hull of the battleship. Although European battleships
The hull of a ship is generally more than 70 centimeters, but it is extremely difficult for a 24-pounder cannon to penetrate the 2.6 centimeters of frontal steel armor of an infantry fighting vehicle.
Six hundred infantry fighting vehicles faced fierce artillery fire and charged forward with undiminished momentum.
On the hill, Abbas II saw clearly the futile return of the artillery, and his face began to turn pale.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, gritted his teeth and thought about countermeasures.
At this moment, the heavy artillery from the rear of the Huben Army opened fire.
Twenty-four-pounder rifled guns fired violently at the Indian coalition artillery positions under the command of hot-air balloon observers.
The explosive shells fired from the rifled guns flew over a distance of eight miles, drew a huge arc parabola in the air, and hit near the European artillery of the Central Asian artillery. Fireworks after another exploded on the Indian coalition position.
The artillery of the Indian coalition forces is hidden in the trench. It is unlikely that the artillery shells fired from eight miles away will directly hit the artillery trench several meters wide. However, the violent explosion of the shells caused huge chaos to the Indian artillery. Blossom
The huge smoke and mud emitted by the bomb covered the Indian artillery's vision like a fog, and it didn't take long for the artillery to gradually lose their target.
The Indian artillery did not observe the hot air balloon and soon misfired.
On the hill, Baldeep opened his mouth wide and looked at the infantry fighting vehicle rushing over the grassland, his face turned white.
Koprülü gasped violently, as if he was suffering from unbearable pressure.
Abbas II suddenly took a few steps forward and stopped when he reached the edge of the cliff. He gritted his teeth, glared, and shouted loudly: "All soldiers in the south, abandon the trenches,
Bring bombs and gunpowder and rush forward to fight the Ming Dynasty's tanks in close combat!"
