Volume 4: Hot! The whole world is a warring state Chapter 786 I Finally Understood

“Boom boom!”
The sound of explosions continued to ring out above the coalition forces, and it was impossible to tell where the explosions were. The coalition soldiers were somewhat numb as they watched the distant hilltops constantly splashing thick mud and gravel, and some of the soft mountain bodies constantly collapsing.
It was December 1, 1647, at the Gujaipuri Pass.
After more than half a month of siege, Liu Zhaosun was really angry in the face of the sacrifice of tens of thousands of people. Now, he no longer asked his soldiers to attack the narrow mountain pass, but began to attack the hills on both sides of the pass.
Faced with the change in the enemy's attack method, Durrenyi naturally made adjustments. He increased the garrison on the hills on both sides of the pass and relied on Indian civilians to pull ten 75mm cannons up there.
Then Liu Zhaosun concentrated all the artillery of the ten divisions on the Gujaipuri line, and thousands of cannons directly bombarded the hillside next to the pass.
To use Liu Zhaosun’s words, I will be like Yugong, and this time I will move these two mountains away!
Facing such a fierce enemy commander, Durreni had to be cautious. In recent days, he himself has been stationed on the Gujaipuri line, staring at the hills in the distance that are getting shorter and shorter.
The South Asian subcontinent is an ancient continent. Due to the movement of the plate, it drifted northward and collided with the Eurasian plate. Although the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Hengduan Mountains were formed at the northern border, the landforms in the south have not changed much.
As one of the two ridges of the subcontinent, the Eastern Ghats is not too high in absolute altitude. The key is that the rocks on this mountain range are far less hard than the rocks on the younger land such as the Korean Peninsula. Therefore, Liu Zhaosun's mountain-moving attack is actually not slow. The hills on both sides of the Gujaipuri Pass, which were only 700 to 800 meters high, are being slowly cut down at a rate of one or two meters per day. The coalition soldiers guarding these two hills have been replaced one after another.
"Damn it! According to your majesty's plan, our navy will not be able to go into battle until March next year, so the enemy's huge transport ships can transport a large amount of supplies to the enemy without restraint. This allows the enemy commander to launch such a luxurious attack. Our soldiers defending the hilltops are either blown to death or shaken to death... When will this day end?"
Then Durrenni, who also began to get angry, also gathered the artillery of the ten divisions on the Gujaipuri line and launched a parabolic attack on the artillery of the Ming Dynasty on the other side of the mountain top. Since late November, the battle between the two sides here has become more bloody and cruel, and the casualties on both sides have been rising.
But in general, because Durrenyi was not a time traveler, and historians like Philip had not specifically studied the tunnel tactics of the Volunteer Army defending Shangganling in the historical plane, so in the contest between the two sides, it was the side defending the hill that suffered more casualties.
"Sir, in yesterday's artillery battle, we lost artillery again..."
"Your Excellency! Urgent message from Dhaka!"
Just when the commander of the Gujaipuri frontline was reporting yesterday's battle losses to Durrenyi, a signalman completely ignored the fact that the person reporting in front of him was the brigadier general, and directly interrupted the report of the senior officer and handed a page of telegram to Durrenyi.
"A large number of enemy troops landed in Chittagong, southeast of Dhaka? The Chittagong garrison artillery was attacked by enemy battleships? Hiss~ What is the enemy going to do?"
“When did this happen?”
"We received the telegram six minutes ago, and Chittagong was attacked half an hour ago."
Looking at his watch, Durreny said, "It is now 8:30 am on December 1. So Chittagong was bombarded at around 8 o'clock." He waved his hand and asked the division commander who had just reported the damage to him to leave. Then he walked to a map with the surrounding area of ​​Dhaka as the main content and thought for a while: "Call Lieutenant General Frederick in Dhaka City and authorize him to fully mobilize the troops in his 15 divisions. Conduct defensive operations according to the focus of the enemy's attack. Make sure to stop the enemy from going north and prevent it from threatening the southern wing of Boris's group."
Before the communications officer in the telegraph room could answer, another one came running in: "Sir, Lieutenant General Cristiano of the Calcutta Group sent an urgent message that a large number of enemies appeared in the northeast of Calcutta."
"Sir, His Majesty Philip of Delhi has sent an urgent message, saying that he has learned that the enemy's Khyber Group has begun to move south! He has personally headed north to prepare to meet the enemy."
"Sir, the Calcutta Group sent another message, saying that the enemy force was found about 30 kilometers southwest of the group, with a size of about 100,000!"
"Your Mightiness……"
Faced with the flood of information, even though Durrenni was only 36 years old, in the prime of his life and with a quick mind, he was a little confused. But he was a genius general after all had a subconscious reminder: the enemy launched attacks in multiple places at the same time, which must be a strategy that the enemy had planned for a long time. There must be a big trap here, and the enemy must have a big appetite. I must not give orders without thinking clearly. "
Taking a deep breath, he turned and walked to his desk, drinking a glass of sugared milk. After a large amount of sugar entered his body, his brain, which had been a little confused due to lack of energy, obviously calmed down. He relaxed for a while, and then said to a group of anxious communication staff: "Call back the commanders of each group and tell them that I have learned that the enemy has launched an attack. Ask them to deploy troops as properly as possible within the scope of their respective forces according to the situation they are facing, and to defend comprehensively first. How to adjust the Ganges Front as a whole, wait for the front headquarters to make overall arrangements after integrating intelligence from all parties."
When he spoke so calmly, the originally panicked communications staff suddenly felt much calmer, and then a group of young people responded in unison: "Yes!"
"Call all personnel in the Operations Section of the Front Staff to think about the enemy's true intentions!"
"yes!"
In a smoke-filled operations room, more than 30 operations staff members gathered around a large three-dimensional model of North India, discussing and arguing for more than two hours.
During these two hours, various telegrams continued to arrive. In particular, Philip forwarded a strongly worded telegram from Ibrahim in Istanbul. In this telegram, Ibrahim clearly asked the EU Ganges Front to ensure the safety of Boris Group, because the Grand Vizier really could not afford the consequences of losing another heavy group of troops.
Durenni didn't even bother to respond to Iprahin's telegram: "The enemy is now attacking in many places. I just feel that my troops are not enough. How can I have extra troops to ensure the safety of the Boris Group? Besides, your Boris Group is now at the easternmost part. If I don't care about it, will it dare to abandon the defense line and run away?
What he is worried about now is how to deal with the overwhelming multi-point attack from the Chinese.
Of course, the best way to deal with this is to figure out the enemy commander's true intentions. Is the enemy making a feint attack or attacking head-on? If it is a feint attack, what is the real strategic purpose?
Therefore, during these two hours, he had asked his intelligence staff to call Li Yangeng three times in a row.
Unfortunately, when it was clear that the EU's last reserve force in India had been transferred to the south, Li Yangeng was quickly arrested by the Embroidered Uniform Guard and would be sent back to China for trial soon. How could he possibly respond to his inquiries?
"Sir." A young staff officer stood up. "I believe that all the enemy's attacks are real. None of them are feints. The enemy's goal is very clear. They want to divide all our troops in the lower reaches of the Ganges, including the Boris Group, more than one million people, and surround them separately, and then annihilate them!"
“…Is there any basis for this?”
"Partly, but mainly based on speculation. After all, we still cannot fully grasp how many Chinese troops are participating in the war in various battlefields. However, sir, when our Patna Group entered Orissa from Patna, our troops in Dhaka and Kolkata lost their rear guard and were in danger of being surrounded by the enemy..."
"Well, young man, what's your name?"
"John Churchill. Anglo, sir."
"Very good. I've taken note of your name. Ladies and gentlemen, please follow Mr. Churchill's assumptions and formulate a response plan for our army based on the premise that the enemy intends to penetrate, encircle and annihilate our entire front."
“…Yes, sir.”
After nodding politely to everyone, Durenne returned to his office. The moment he closed the door, he collapsed on the floor.
"Why am I so stupid! Really, I am so stupid! If the Chinese want to land in Orissa, let them land. Why should I bring the Patna Group south to intercept them? Even if the Chinese can leave Orissa smoothly and go north to the Ganges Plain, wouldn't it be better for me to let the Calcutta Group, the Dhaka Group, and even the Boris Group all retreat to Patna? Although doing so will allow the Chinese to have more than 1.5 million troops enter the Ganges Plain. But in addition to facing more than 1 million elite troops in Patna, they also have to bear more than 1,000 kilometers of inland logistics. I can completely resist head-on and conduct guerrilla warfare at the same time! Why am I so stupid? I destroyed the carefully constructed defense system?
That Li Yangeng might have been discovered by the enemy long ago. The enemy deliberately sent out a true intelligence first, and then used this guy to send false intelligence, and also transferred our last strategic reserve in the Ganges Plain to the south. Now, each cluster will be completely separated and fight independently without any support. This, this is such a horrible scene! "
Although he suffered such a heavy blow, he was still a genius general after all. So after being slightly depressed for five or six minutes, Durrenni returned to the operations room in high spirits.
At twelve o'clock on December 1, Turenne began to direct the officers of the staff to send telegrams one after another.
First, he called Philip: Your Majesty, we have made a serious mistake in our strategic layout... At present, our more than one million troops in the lower reaches of the Ganges are at risk of being annihilated by the enemy. For this reason, I suggest that you immediately call Louis in the south and ask him to lead his corps and the reinforcements that have just arrived to quickly retreat northward, and our navy should provide support as much as possible.
Then they called Boris at Dongge Pass, Frederick at Dhaka, Cristiano at Calcutta and other generals. In short, they said: Under the premise of ensuring that the army does not collapse, escape as much as possible! Everyone escape to Patna together! As long as 500,000 of the more than one million troops can escape into the Patna defense system, there is still a glimmer of hope for this Indian battle!
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