Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 564 The Prelude to the War

The endless Ganges plain is densely covered with river networks.This is the most elite piece of land in the entire South Asian subcontinent. The fertile land produces a large amount of agricultural products, rich in cash crops such as cotton and linen, enough to feed hundreds of millions of people.

When Bai Mingxiu decided to fully take over India, the army had already begun to gather in the west of the Bengal Xuanwei Division. As a very wealthy Xuanwei Division in Ming Dynasty, the Bengal Xuanwei Division also had a large number of motor vehicles. Although the fan army did not form mechanization, A tank is also not equipped, but it is a fully motorized army, with a large number of trucks to carry infantry.

It’s okay in the territory of Xuanweisi, because there are very good roads here. Wu Min has governed Bangladesh for 20 years, and his contribution to this place is huge. Its infrastructure level may not be as good as some advanced provinces in Ming Dynasty, but it is by no means behind. in some inland less developed areas.

The Xuanweisi road network built on the two major trunk lines of the national highway and the provincial road has made the traffic capacity of a large number of vehicles very strong. It is also thanks to these road networks that all regions of Bangladesh Xuanweisi can develop and gradually build industries. , sell goods outside, buy goods, and the labor force can circulate conveniently.

The first to arrive at the advance base was the Bangladesh Fan Army and the "World War II British-Indian Brigade" temporarily incorporated into the Bangladesh Fan Army. Bai Mingxiu changed the name of this system mercenary unit to the Indian Model Brigade.The model brigade is also a mixed force of motorization and mechanization. There is no regiment organization but only 5 reinforced battalions, which are three motorized infantry battalions, one artillery battalion and one armored battalion.

In fact, this scale is not enough for the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, especially the weapons equipped by the model brigade are actually not the Ming standard weapons, but the equipment of the British and Indian troops in World War II.However, their opponent was not the Axis powers during World War II, but the Mughal Empire that was strengthened in the 17th century.

As the emperor and commander, Bai Mingxiu also followed the large army in a modified heavy off-road vehicle.In addition to the model brigade, the Bangladesh Fan Army also had three brigades marching in coordination.The model brigade is slightly smaller, with a total of more than 3 combatants, while the infantry brigade of the fan army has more than 3000 people.The total strength of the Ming army that arrived at the border advance base in the first wave alone had reached about 5000.

The advance base is located in Baron, on the border between Xuanwei Division and the Mughal Empire. Wu Min used troops repeatedly to stabilize the border of Xuanwei Division. Basically, it is bounded by the Ganges River and its tributaries to ensure the overall Ming The Xuanwei Division has a relatively relaxed defensive posture.

On the bank of Songen River, a tributary of the Ganges, Bai Mingxiu held a telescope and looked at the other side of the river, which was not very wide. There was Dehli, a big city in the Mughal Empire, and there was also a large Mughal defense tower built there. castle.

The reluctant strategist Yang Buzheng also followed Bai Mingxiu here, and his appearance was basically tied up by Bai Mingxiu.This lazy genius hated going to some remote place, but Bai Mingxiu felt that his brain was still needed, so he dragged Yang Buzheng here.

Yang Buzheng groaned and said to Bai Mingxiu: "What's so interesting about this? It's a castle with Indian characteristics in the middle ages. It's built relatively tall and can defend against war elephant troops, but the Mughals themselves know that it's very difficult to deal with our Daming. Heavy artillery, so there's really not much focus here. There aren't even any decent artillery on this castle."

Nur, the deputy commander of the Bangladesh Army's war zone, explained to Bai Mingxiu: "The Mughal Empire's defensive strength on the border has not been strong. The purpose is not to keep the enemy out of the country, but to buy time. And now the Mughal Empire The main energy of the empire is the war between the Deccan Plateau and the Maratha Empire. Most of the latest weapons, including cannons, are there, and the troops on our side, and even the military expenditures are incomplete. .”

Although the Ming army that arrived at Barron was mainly composed of Fan troops, they carried a total of 20 203mm heavy artillery pieces, and they also carried explosive ammunition specially designed to deal with heavy reinforcement attacks. Of course, Bai Mingxiu actually had a better way. That is to call the Ming Air Force to directly bomb.However, the Ming Air Force is still dispatching at this stage and has not yet arrived at the front line.

Before and after Bai Mingxiu only asked the Air Force to deploy air force from one base in India, including 2 fighter aviation regiments, 1 assault aviation regiment, 1 bomber aviation regiment and several transport aviation regiments.The main role is still auxiliary, to carry out some battlefield reconnaissance, and carry out some small strike operations, but Bai Mingxiu has no intention of using the air force on a large scale. The place where he really wants the air force to shine is the European battlefield.

"Okay, then what are you waiting for, let's fire a few shots and let the opponent surrender." Bai Mingxiu waved his hand, turned and left.

Yang Buzheng yawned, and said: "Your Majesty, please give me a note so that I can get a bucket of ice cream from the military supply side. Damn India is simply too hot."

Bai Mingxiu felt that he might be pissed off by Yang Buzheng's grandson, so he shouted, "Go find someone else, not me."

Yang Buzheng turned around and wanted to talk to Nuer, but Nuer was already very excited and ran to prepare for the attack.

At around [-] o'clock in the afternoon, Nur arranged for the artillery of the fan army to set up artillery positions, and the Mughal army on the other side had already lit a beacon, asking for help from other friendly troops.

With the sound of the first cannon, the Mughal defenders quickly raised the white flag, and more and more Ming troops and powerful cannons gathered on the other side of the river, letting the Mughal defenders know that they could say anything. It is impossible to win, and it is impossible to even stand by and wait for help.Since resistance is futile, it is better to surrender honestly.The treatment of the prisoners by the Ming army was not bad. In fact, many of the Bengal army were soldiers of the former Mughal Empire.

Even many Mughal soldiers knew that the food prepared in the prisoner camps of the Ming army was even much better than their own food.With the spread of the prisoners who were released, the fact that the food in the Ming prisoner-of-war camp was good has been widely spread among the Mughal Empire army, and it was even strictly forbidden to talk about it by the Mughal noble officers.

When the Ming army entered the Daihri Castle, the Mughal soldiers who put down their weapons dared to ask the Ming army.

"Can we have dinner? Let's eat the food made by Chef Daming."

This made the Bengali soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who managed the prisoners dumbfounded, and said, "Who told you this, did you surrender just to eat our canteen?"

The Indian soldiers blinked their big eyes and asked, "Can't you?"

(End of this chapter)