Volume 4: Hot! The whole world is a warring state Chapter 672: Durreny's Brilliance
"Crazy! What a bunch of lunatics!"
Seeing the Japanese army retreating calmly, Coutinho cursed in anger. However, no matter how harshly he cursed, it could not change the fact that his side suffered heavy losses.
The charge of the Uesugi Regiment caught the Spanish soldiers who had just landed by surprise. Less than half an hour after the chaotic battle, the Spanish soldiers, who were still dizzy and weak after ten days on the ship, were in danger of being pushed back into the sea. If it were not for the support of the naval guns on the rear sea, which blocked the follow-up forces of the Japanese, it is hard to say that the troops under Coutinho who had just landed would have to be explained.
"Sir, we have captured a prisoner whose leg was blown off by our ship's guns."
"Let our military doctor bandage him and stop the bleeding. I want to interrogate him later."
"yes."
"By the way, has the Chinese translation we prepared come up yet... Boom! What's that sound?"
"Sir, the prisoner detonated the grenade on his body, and our soldiers who were guarding him..."
"Crazy! They are really a bunch of crazy!"
Although he cursed, Coutinho was deeply shocked: in the previous battle, these yellow-skinned soldiers fought very bravely. When , they had no intention of retreating. Instead, they charged more fiercely. As a result, the guns of our side had to fire close to our soldiers, which caused some accidental injuries to our side while repelling the enemy.
As a result, when the enemy was cut into two by our own naval guns and the enemy behind the naval gun barrage had to retreat, those soldiers who were not killed in front of the barrage actually took the opportunity of our side to capture prisoners for torture and intelligence, and detonated the grenades on their bodies!
This, facing such a tenacious enemy, will the upcoming battle out of the cover of naval guns really be easy to fight?
"Orders, organize at least a thousand soldiers from the first regiment to advance a thousand meters to provide alert. The Engineer Regiment, well, anyway, the rest of the people, quickly clean up the port. Also, send a signalman to report to His Majesty Gustav that our division has suffered heavy losses and requires rest and recuperation."
As a nation that fought desperately when invading other countries, the madness displayed by the Japanese in defending their "homeland" would be very understandable to Zhu Youdong and Philip, the time travelers, if they were here at this time. However, this madness was too bloody for the Europeans in the 17th century, who still believed in "surrender if you can't win and wait for the ransom from your family."
Therefore, not only Coutinho was heartbroken by the heavy losses of his soldiers, but even Gustav, who had just watched the entire battle through a telescope on the warship, was extremely surprised.
"Pass the order down. No matter how uncooperative the enemies are or how dangerous they are, I must personally interrogate at least one prisoner. Therefore, they must not be allowed to indiscriminately kill the wounded on the battlefield!"
"As you command, Your Majesty."
After giving this order, he turned to Wallenstein and said, "Sir, you don't seem to have fought with the Chinese either, right?"
"Your Majesty, I certainly have never fought against the Chinese before today."
"Hmm." After a brief pause, he looked at Raimondo again: "Oh, by the way, our Raimondo has been fighting the Chinese in America for many years. Why, Raimondo, are all Chinese people so reckless in war?"
"Uh... Your Majesty, Mr. Chief of Staff, I have repeatedly recalled the battle just now. I think those guys just now don't look like Chinese."
“Not like a Chinese?”
"Yes. Based on my many years of experience fighting the Chinese in America, the Chinese are very flexible in fighting. Of course, they are very brave, but they will not do something like sending some soldiers to die as they did just now."
"What about those yellow monkeys just now?"
"It is said that the Chinese have a special vassal and tribute system. I am quite sure that those people just now are not Chinese, but soldiers from other East Asian countries under the command of the Chinese."
"Hiss~ Raimondo, if it is really as you said, even the Chinese vassals fought so tenaciously, then aren't they the real Chinese?"
"Oh, Your Majesty, please rest assured. The Chinese are so flexible that they are not so crazy when fighting. However, the civilization of the Orientals is indeed different from ours. They don't take life and death too seriously. In the past few years, I also captured a lot of prisoners in America. There were ordinary soldiers who surrendered, but none of the senior generals surrendered. For example, Gao Yingxiang, after I captured him, I told him that as long as he was willing to surrender, I would make the decision and allocate a large piece of land to him in America. But he asked me if I knew what loyalty was and what the distinction between Chinese and barbarians was... Well, I asked a lot of missionaries about this later, but they couldn't explain it clearly."
"Oh, okay, I don't want to think about this headache. I just want to know whether Coutinho on the ground has captured any living prisoners. Our intelligence work is really lagging behind. I urgently need to know how many troops the Chinese have in India at the moment and their general deployment direction!"
"Your Majesty Gustav."
"Hmm? Durreny, do you have anything to say?"
Turenne, who was praised by Napoleon in the historical dimension as "the first commander of France in the 17th century", was less than 27 years old. Therefore, no matter how much Philip liked him, he could only give him the rank of lieutenant colonel.
However, in the command cabin filled with His Majesty, His Royal Highness, and His Excellency, he was not afraid at all: "Your Majesty, I strongly agree with obtaining intelligence from the prisoners. But I think we can also capture some local Indian princes and nobles for questioning. At the same time, although it is regrettable that all the port facilities in Goa were destroyed by the explosion just now, it is also a good thing for us. This allows us to not be limited to landing here. In this way, all the enemy's preparations to meet us here will be in vain!"
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After a moment of silence in the command cabin, Gustav and Wallenstein looked at each other and nodded with satisfaction.
"You said it very well, young man!"
"There is indeed a reason why His Majesty Philip thinks so highly of you."
The subsequent development of events basically confirmed Durrenyi's statement - no Japanese prisoners were captured alive. After all, the Japanese propaganda at that time was: If we lose this war, we will be driven back to Honshu Island and live again in the days of crowded land, earthquakes and volcanoes. If we want to keep today's life, if we want our children and grandchildren to have such fertile land for generations to come, we need the fearless sacrifice of every warrior today.
Therefore, no Japanese soldier surrendered. Even those prisoners whose hands and feet were blown off and unable to commit suicide refused to answer any questions from the Allied Forces and were shot dead.
But the attitude of the Indian princes and nobles here is completely different: Goa is located in southern India, where Hinduism is most stubborn. Therefore, the Indian natives here are born with a kind of worship and obedience to the white people.
To be honest, when the Portuguese, the former masters of this place, were driven away by the Chinese, the Hindus here really felt a little regretful. In the past three years or so, although they have expressed obedience to the Chinese who govern this place, they are still not very convinced in their hearts.
But now it’s different. The white master is back, so don’t we have to serve him desperately and devote ourselves wholeheartedly?
"Everyone."
On May 26, 1638, in a relatively intact building that had just been cleared in the city of Goa, a group of senior European military officers, led by Gustav, gathered together to hold the first military meeting after the successful landing.
"According to the intelligence provided by the Indians, the Japanese and Koreans are blocking our way not far to the east. Their total strength is about five divisions, 70,000 to 80,000 people. The real Chinese are still hundreds of kilometers away in Mumbai, waiting for us to run into them."
"Hahaha, those stupid Chinese, just let them continue to wait foolishly in the north."
After laughing with the officers below, Gustav said, "At present, we have only ten divisions landing. After deducting the casualties and the seriously ill, there are only more than 145,000 combatants. The next batch of troops will arrive in 20 days at the earliest. Therefore, our task at this stage is to consolidate the coastal area with Goa as the core and lay a solid foundation for the landing of the next part of the army. At the same time, we must seize the time and take advantage of the fact that the Chinese in the north have not yet moved south and the reinforcements from the Chinese mainland have not yet arrived. We will concentrate our main forces to kill the Japanese and Koreans in front of us! Everyone, if you have any good opinions, you can speak freely now. Hmm? Durren?"
"Your Majesty, if you allow me, I would like to go with Raimondo, take two divisions, and go around behind the Japanese and Koreans."
"Behind?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Durreni pointed his finger at Andhra Pradesh on the southeast side of the Indian peninsula. "According to the local Indians, after the Chinese emperor conquered this place , he granted Andhra to the Japanese and Koreans. In the past three years, a large number of Japanese and Koreans have come here from their original lands... So, the enemies standing in front of us now are actually coming from Andhra Pradesh. Well, three years is enough for an adult man to marry and have children. Therefore, there should not be many young and strong people from Japan and Korea in Andhra Pradesh at this time, but a lot of their land, savings, wives and children. If we can go around behind them and sneak attack Andhra Pradesh, then the enemies standing in front of us will surely collapse without a fight!"
"...That's a very good suggestion. So, Durrenyi, are you planning to go around to the east side of the peninsula with the help of the navy?"
"Yes, sir. Although we have not caught the Chinese fleet in the Indian Ocean at this time, we have the upper hand in terms of sea control anyway. Any coastal area on the Indian Peninsula should be within our strike range. As long as it is conducive to the achievement of strategy, we should give full play to our naval advantages!"
"Mr. Wallenstein, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty, I am very optimistic about this plan. If we implement this plan, then our remaining troops can rest in Goa and wait for the second batch of troops to land. After that, our headquarters will attack from the front and back with Raimondo and Durreni. After defeating the Japanese and Koreans, the third batch of troops will arrive. At that time, we can go north with all our strength, annihilate the Chinese in the Ganges River Basin, and completely take over India!"
