Volume 4: Hot! The whole world is a warring state Chapter 785 This is Poison Pill Intelligence
At five o'clock in the morning on November 12, 1647, at the Gujaipuri and Raulkla mountain passes in northern Orissa, which were heavily guarded by the EU coalition forces, the artillery of the Ming Army began to bombard the two mountain passes fiercely!
At 5:10 in the morning, Durenne, who was only 20 kilometers away from the front line, received a report from a frontline officer. Although he was a little surprised by the news, he did not panic.
The reason for the surprise was, of course, that it was a little unbelievable: the Ming army really wanted to attack them through a narrow mountain pass? How stupid would they have to be to do that? In Gujaipuri, the narrowest part of the mountain pass was less than one kilometer. The Laurquela side was slightly wider, but the narrowest part was less than two kilometers. How many guns could your artillery deploy on such a narrow front? How effective would it be?
So, there is really no need to panic. Just wait and see what the Chinese in Yamaguchi are going to do.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the call from the front line came again: The Chinese launched an infantry attack on our defense line!
This? Is the enemy commander crazy? With such a narrow battlefield width, you can't deploy your troops at all. As long as I have ten machine guns guarding there, I can cause heavy casualties.
However, after fighting with the generals of the Ming Dynasty for many years, Durenni never dared to underestimate his opponents. So after thinking for a while, he still issued several orders in succession.
The first was to have the communications staff send telegrams to the garrisons in Kolkata, Dhaka and other places, as well as the old European nobles in Madhya Pradesh, east of Orissa, to ask them if there was any situation there - this was because they were afraid that the Chinese would launch a feint attack here while the main force went elsewhere.
The second is to send the airship troops to the south of Gujaipuri and Laurkela to see the movements of the Ming army.
After nine o'clock in the morning, calls came in from all over the country, all saying that no Chinese troops were seen.
After eleven o'clock, an airship that went out for reconnaissance sent a telegram: a large number of enemy troops were gathering south of the mountain pass, the military camps were endless, and it was impossible to count the exact number of people.
At 3:50 p.m., another airship sent a report: a large number of , with a large number of soldiers in the camps.
After receiving such a telegram, Durrenyi was completely relieved: it seemed that the enemy was going to launch a feint attack on the Gujaipuri and Laurkela passes to cover up the real purpose of attacking Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh is, of course, the center of the Indian peninsula. The European Union does not station regular troops here. If the Ming army enters here, it will certainly be defeated in one fell swoop. However, occupying Madhya Pradesh will not bring any substantial benefits to the Ming Dynasty except for further stretching its supply lines.
Therefore, Durrenyi didn't care about the mobilization of the Ming army at all: If you want to take Madhya Pradesh, just go ahead and take it. I'll see how you can maintain your long, thousands of kilometers of plateau and mountain logistics line: the European Union transferred countless old nobles to India in the past, and these guys would be choked if you asked them to participate in the war as regular troops. But arming a dozen or dozens of Indians in their own manors, each with a flintlock rifle to fight guerrilla warfare, is enough to deal a fatal blow to the long logistics line of the Chinese - don't think that the Indian army is very poor in fighting. But when they fight guerrilla warfare in small teams under the leadership of their masters, it just fits the Indians' worship of skin color and their national nature of not taking advantage of the opportunity, which is quite worth looking forward to.
At night, after receiving a report from the commanders of the Gujaiburi and Raulkla frontlines that their defense line was solid, he fell asleep peacefully.
At the same time, at the Gujaipuri front, the commander of the 95th Division, Colonel Xu Zhoujue, who was in charge of the offensive, was sighing with his chief of staff, Colonel Li Yangeng: "What kind of battle is this? We have been attacking repeatedly for a whole day, and 700 to 800 brothers have died, but we have only pushed the front line forward a few dozen meters. Sigh..."
"Division Commander, I also think that General Liu's arrangement this time is unreasonable. The Gujaipuri Pass is so narrow, why must our brothers in the division go there to die in vain?"
"Hey, it's not like I'm sending myself to die in vain." He took a big gulp of water and said, "Damn, you can't drink alcohol during a war. The emperor's rule is too strict. The quartermaster really doesn't have a drop of alcohol."
After complaining to Zhu Youdong, Xuzhoujue lowered his voice and said, "Originally, the real purpose of this operation was only reported to the division commander, but you have been in our division for so long, you are already one of us. So I will tell you the truth." He looked around and lowered his voice further, "This is just a feint, including the march to Madhya Pradesh. The real purpose is to cover up the transfer of our main force to the southern part of the peninsula!"
"The southern part of the peninsula? Where is Toyotomi Tohide?"
"Oh, that's it. Brother, haven't you noticed that these Indians are a bunch of psychopaths? In the past, when we Ming Dynasty didn't collect taxes from them, they were dissatisfied. Now that the Europeans have squeezed them so hard, they are still loyal. So if we really go through Madhya Pradesh, our logistics line will definitely be harassed and overwhelmed. We would be stupid to go through Madhya Pradesh! The main force will go south and join forces with the vassal army that has successfully landed there and opened up a large piece of land. Then, we will take Andhra first, step by step, steadily advance over three to five years. This is the upright way to fight."
"I see." Although he was a little shocked, Li Yangeng, who was already very sophisticated in his fifties, praised calmly, "The emperor's handwriting is really unrestrained, and it is beyond the comprehension of us mortals. But..." He pretended to be very hesitant and said, "But in this way, isn't it too cruel for the soldiers who died in the feint attack today?"
"An army cannot be run with kindness. Brother, let's not talk about the fact that the emperor has earned us warriors a chance to be real men after taking power. Let's talk about now. The navy of the Western bandits will recover sooner or later. What if the navy of our Ming Dynasty is defeated and loses control of the sea? This Orissa is all mountainous and extremely poor. Without the navy's large-scale transportation of logistical materials every day, how long can our army of more than one million people last here? It's different in Andhra Pradesh, where the land is fertile and the products are rich. Even if the navy is defeated for a while and there are problems with logistics support, our army can still hold out for a long time. In short, if you are reluctant to make some sacrifices here because of your kindness, you may be wiped out in the future - that is the real cruelty!"
"After listening to the division commander's analysis, I finally understand the emperor's good intentions. Well, I will go down to sort out some official documents at the division headquarters, and then go to the front-line troops to visit the wounded. Bye bye."
"Thank you for your hard work, Chief of Staff."
After watching Li Yangeng's figure disappear at the door of the house, Xuzhou Jue, who was smiling at first, turned completely cold: You traitor, except for the explanation about why the emperor was so cruel to let a small number of soldiers sacrifice, everything else you said just now was all lies!
About half an hour later, a plain-looking man appeared in front of Xuzhou Jue: "Young Master, that fellow has sent the telegram."
"Have you sent out the news that this thief has taken the bait?"
"It's sent out, the wired telegram is transmitted to the coast, and then the navy's communication ship relays it. It should be fast."
"Humph, this bastard is really worried about the Western thief. Unfortunately, in order to keep this hidden chess piece, we had to bear the pain of not touching his radio station when we didn't have a radio station that could send signals over long distances."
"Young Master, this is no big deal. According to the news from our Jinyiwei, the people in Fangshan have already received the goods. I believe it won't be long before our new generation of radio stations can be supplied to the entire army."
The telegram sent by Li Yangeng was quickly delivered to Durrenyi. After receiving the telegram, Durrenyi slapped his forehead and said, "So this is what the Chinese are thinking!"
Durrenyi had no choice but to believe it, mainly because Li Yangeng had to find out the confidential landing site last time and rely on the Burmese to send it to him in time: it was for this reason that Philip decided to take the risk and directly provide Li Yangeng with a radio station - of course, this was also because Philip knew that after the airship unit was shot down during the naval battle, a large number of radio stations would surely fall into the hands of the Chinese, and the radio station technology would spread sooner or later.
In short, Li Yangeng's intelligence last time was accurate, but because Durenne did not believe it, it led to the fall of Orissa, and forced him to dismantle the carefully assembled Long Snake Formation.
So this time, he only thought about it for a while before believing the "authenticity" of the intelligence. Then he immediately sent a telegram to Philip: Your Majesty, we received such a message... In my opinion, the Chinese may indeed move their main force southward if they are unable to break through the situation on the northern front, and it is also right for us to strengthen the forces on the southern front. However, the essence of India is in the Ganges Plain, and if our navy does not intend to participate in the war for the time being, if we move the main force on the northern front southward, the Chinese may turn around and head north again. Therefore, I suggest that the 60 divisions currently on the front line of Bengal remain unchanged, and please withdraw half of the 10 divisions originally defending Delhi and Agra, as well as the 20 divisions of the second batch of troops, that is, 15 divisions to the south to support Louis.
On November 14, Philip adopted Turenne's suggestion and withdrew 20 divisions (including five Indian divisions) from the troops near Delhi and sent them south to support Grand Condé.
At the same time, after Durrenni "made it clear" that the enemy was just a feint, he divided the troops stationed in Gujaipuri and Laurkra into three parts: the enemy was just a feint, so there was no need for all the troops to be on combat readiness. From now on, ten divisions would be stationed at the mountain pass, and the remaining ten divisions would take turns to rest. The war was so long, how could we keep our soldiers nervous for so long?
Although the Spanish Navy temporarily lost control of the Bay of Bengal, it still had a firm grip on the seas on the west side of the Indian peninsula. Therefore, the reinforcements sent by Philip arrived in Goa in the south of the peninsula on the 18th. Then they moved eastward along the Krishn River, preparing to enter Andhra Pradesh to support the Grand Conde group.
On the 23rd, this 300,000-strong reinforcement force was discovered by the Confucianists under Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou. After three days of traveling, the news finally reached Yangon.
"Very good!" Zhu Youdong, who had been stationed in Yangon for a while, finally breathed a sigh of relief: "In this way, the enemy's strategic reserve has been emptied by us in advance, and it is no longer able to support the enemy in Bangladesh. Moreover, the rainy season in the Greater Ganges Delta has completely ended, and the road surface has become solid again. Now, we can start a large-scale, multi-point simultaneous landing according to the Kunyang Chixiao plan!"
