One thousand six hundred and eighty-four chapters India Bomu state
The Second Maritime Escort Division has two first-class maritime combat vehicles and six second-class maritime combat vehicles designed and ordered by the Army itself.
Don't ask why "vehicle" is used as the unit. These are all tanks, so aren't they just called one or two vehicles?
The first-class maritime combat vehicle designed by the Army has a displacement of more than 2,000 tons. The second-class maritime combat vehicle has a displacement of more than 1,000 tons. To put it bluntly, this thing is actually the Army's version of a cruiser and frigate.
The Army said it designed it on its own, but in fact it just took the plan given by the shipyard and made random changes before placing the order.
It's just that there is only one maritime escort division, because the Army did it secretly at the beginning, and all expenditures were in the name of steam chariots. The Navy thought that the Army was really stupid to buy thousands of tons of steam chariots.
, but I didn’t expect that an inattentive army would come up with six so-called maritime tanks.
The result was that he directly quarreled in front of the Holy Emperor Li Xuan. Li Xuan also didn't want to see the Army not doing its job and creating a Navy, but he wanted to maintain the relationship between the Army and the Navy, so it was impossible to really cut off the Army's hand.
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So it won’t be an example next time.
As a result, the Army can no longer continue to build maritime combat vehicles, but the existing six ships are retained and have the authority to update them one-on-one. When these warships become obsolete, the Army can use new ones one-on-one.
Battleships are updated.
So strictly speaking, the Tang Army has the capability of ocean combat and escort.
It's just battleships. No, it should be said that there are a few marine tanks, only six.
Therefore, Gu Zhen was right when he said there was no need for naval escort.
But this is just a thought. Naturally, it is impossible for the Army to actually send out the Second Maritime Escort Division.
There are only a few ships, so it's enough to keep them at home as a precaution.
If they are really sent to overseas territories to compete with the navy for combat missions and battle achievements, there is no chance that someone in the navy will get crazy and pull out a group of warships to destroy this maritime escort division.
Anyway, on the vast sea, if the navy really wants to destroy this maritime escort division, the army probably won’t even know what happened.
In addition, the Army has been negotiating with the Navy in recent years, trying to get all the navy's inland river gunboats into the hands of the Army, but there is no need to stimulate the Navy too much.
However, the navy will not give in easily when it comes to river battleships.
It can be said that the inland river fleet is the starting force of the Tang Dynasty Navy. The Tang Dynasty Navy has a long history of inland river fleets. The inland river fleet and the ocean fleet together are the complete Datang Navy. Both are indispensable.
However, the Army said that these inland river gunboats are only used to support ground troops in operations, and their army is the main body of ground operations. It is more convenient for command and management to assign these inland river gunboats to the navy.
However, this matter has been quarreling for more than 20 years, and the Navy has been unwilling to let it go.
In the end, the Army had no choice but to start from scratch and gradually formed multiple Army Jiang Defense Forces.
It is also not the name of a fleet, but is called a Jiang Defense Regiment or a Jiang Defense Division. For example, the Third Jiang Defense Division is stationed in Jiujiang and controls Poyang Lake and the Xiangjiang River. For example, the Fifth Jiang Defense Division is stationed in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River and goes deep into the Hetao area.
, and another example is the Sixth River Defense Division, which is stationed at Lake Balkhash and rivers in Central Asia, Tumi Province and other regions.
All in all, the Army currently has a total of eight river defense divisions and 13 independent river defense regiments, and nearly 200 river warships of various tonnages, but most of them are small ships under 100 tons.
Moreover, the Army is not professional enough when it comes to playing warships, so the river warships of these Jiang Defense Forces often have problems even in daily use. But even so, the Army will never ask the Navy's river fleet for help unless it is a last resort.
Provide artillery support to the Tatars.
Why does the Army have to launch a second expedition to India this year? Isn’t it because some troops on the Indian frontline were stupid for half a year and even relied on the Navy to escape more than a hundred people despite being defeated? How could a high-ranking Army officer be embarrassed in front of the Navy?
Save face.
Hao Bainian, who has retired, complained privately to his friends about this matter and said that this nonsense would make the Navy laugh for ten years!
What if we lose face and don’t get it back? That’s why the second Indian expedition was launched.
Just as the Army strives for self-reliance, if the Navy wants to take any action overseas, such as attacking Morocco or something, the Navy will usually do it on its own. After all, the Navy has marines, but the number of troops is a bit smaller, and its combat effectiveness is worse than that of the Army.
Yes, but the navy would rather dispatch sailors and artillerymen from the battleships to go ashore when necessary than ask the army nearby to help.
In short, both the army and navy would rather die than surrender!
This second Indian expedition was not an action of the Army alone. Although the Army initially proposed the matter, the Navy also wanted to take the opportunity to get involved and increase its presence.
After all, the navy has always supported overseas expansion. As long as the expansion is by sea, it is naturally inseparable from their navy.
The Navy is happy to let the Army allocate part of its energy to overseas expansion, instead of focusing on fighting the Tatars in Central Asia.
Fighting in Central Asia really has nothing to do with their navy.
Therefore, under the auspices of Sheng Tianzi, the Joint Operations Command planned this battle. The army and navy cooperated with each other. The army was responsible for ground operations, and the navy was responsible for coastal artillery support, maritime escort, maintaining supply lines and other tasks.
Major General Gu Zhen and his 18th Division did not stay on Ceylon Island for long. Ten days later, they set off for Permu again, along with a marine regiment of the Navy.
It is obvious that the navy is preparing to gain military exploits.
The huge transport fleet set sail again, and then arrived at Goa. After a little replenishment, it continued northward until it reached Permu.
Bomu State was previously called Bom Bahia by the Portuguese, meaning beautiful bay, and later generations called it Bombay.
After the Tang Dynasty occupied this area, the transliterated name was 'Bomu' based on the name given by the Portuguese. Later, as the territory expanded, it was upgraded to a state.
Bomu Prefecture is one of the most important overseas territories of the Tang Empire on the peninsular continent of India, and it is also the strategic support point of the Tang Empire in the western region of India.
The Tang Empire's overseas territories in India already span more than thirty years, covering a large area of coastal areas on the Indian peninsula. Among them, the largest and most developed is Gehe Prefecture. The area of Gehe Prefecture has reached
It covers an area of about 100,000 square kilometers, which is already half the size of the mainland Guangdong.
However, the population is not large, with only over 200,000 people.
After all, overseas immigration is still relatively difficult, and the Tang Empire is immigrating to overseas territories around the world. In recent years, the focus of immigration has been on the Americas. For immigrants from India and other regions, people are left to do it on their own. The Immigration and Reclamation Department
Although there will be subsidies, they are not huge.
There are only more than 200,000 people spread over a land of 100,000 square kilometers, which naturally makes it look like there are so few people and so much land.
In addition to Gohe State, the second most important strategic location is naturally Ceylon Island. Since occupying Ceylon Island, the Tang Empire has attached great importance to this place, even more than Gohe State. Since the occupation, it has been promoting
In order to localize the entire island, many remaining local indigenous people were transported to the Indian Peninsula across the strait.
Nowadays, there are only people from the Tang Dynasty on the island, but the number is still small. The total number is only about 80,000, and a large number of them are army and navy officers and their families. In addition, they serve the military, such as
Navy warships provide maintenance services to staff and their families.
Some of them are businessmen and their families, and some are businessmen passing by.
In terms of purely agricultural immigrants, there are actually not many, only 30,000 to 40,000 people.
After Gohe State and Ceylon Island, the third largest state is Pomu State, followed by Chittagong, Goa and other places.
Among them, Bomu Prefecture was the territory of the Portuguese at first. After the Tang-Portuguese Indian Ocean Campaign, the Tang Dynasty fully accepted the Portuguese colonies along the Indian Ocean, and Bomu was also located among them.
It is worth noting that the present-day Bomu, later known as Bombay, is still a small archipelago composed of seven islands very close to the mainland.
It is not connected to the mainland of the Indian peninsula and requires bridges or ships to pass through.
Bomu City or Bomu Port is actually a small archipelago, but the entire Bomu Prefecture is a relatively large place.
Datang never stood still when it opened up overseas territories. After occupying a port, it would continue to explore the surrounding areas, then establish immigrant towns and develop the land.
Today's Bomu Prefecture has a surrounding area of about tens of kilometers, and is home to about 50,000 imperial subjects.
At the same time, this place is also the headquarters of the Indian First Army, with approximately 10,000 troops stationed in the state.
When Ge Chengbin and others accompanied the fleet to escort the transport fleet to Bomu Port, Colonel Ge Chengbin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although after arriving in Ceylon, he was dispatched to the 43rd Fleet together with the Colombo, but the 43rd Fleet was the main fleet for the navy to cooperate with the army this time, so he had to lead Colombo again.
The ship continued its escort mission and arrived at Bomu Port.
The successful arrival at Bomu Port means that the escort mission that started from the mainland and continues till now is finally over.
Not only was Colonel Ge Chengbin relaxed, but his subordinates were also smiling, discussing in groups where they should go after landing.
Going ashore to have a big meal and drink is a must.
It is reasonable to go to the Green House to listen to songs and appreciate the exotic customs.
Looking at his subordinates, Colonel Ge Chengbin was smiling and his morale was pretty good!