Chapter 1394 Violent shelling
In the early morning, after a team of alliance troops had a full meal, they entered the designated position on the battlefield under the leadership of the officers.
During this Battle of Hugley, Gao Huan mobilized as many as 300,000 troops, while the Allies mobilized 500,000 troops.
A war of such a scale is rare in Chinese history, and the history of India can also be said to be the first to be encountered.
With such a large-scale battle, the war will be launched on a front that lasts a hundred miles, making people excited and their hearts thrilled.
At this time, right in front of the Allied Defense Line, the army of the Tribute Alliance gathered in the sound of military horns, densely packed and covered the earth.
On the vast plains, there are infantry formations, bayonets, and field guns after field guns everywhere.
The military power of the Alliance army put great pressure on the Allies.
The 500,000 Allied troops were divided into two clusters, and the front was Bahsh, the third son of the Mughal Empire, defended with an army of 200,000, and the other army was commanded by Aurangzebu, with 300,000 people, ready to fight back from the flanks.
At this time, Bahsh led the troops and the French army to defend the front line of fifty miles wide. He hid behind the bunker, observed the opposite side with a telescope, and watched the movements of the alliance army.
"It seems that the enemy is going to launch an attack." Bahsh showed a cruel smile, "Let them see this iron barrel defense."
The Allied forces built at least three lines of defense on the front, each of which was a trench, horse-resisting horse, antlers and barbed wire.
In addition to these visible defense methods, Bahsh also buried mines in front of the position and sprinkled caltrops on the ground. In short, they were all methods that Li Dingguo had used against him.
Now that the Alliance Army is attacking, he copied these methods and used them to deal with the Chinese Alliance army.
The French commander Mark, who was standing by, looked solemn. It was true that the fortifications of the Allied Powers were very strong, but they were all learned from the Western Army, and the Western Army was stealing the Qian Army.
Now it is like the disciple who wants to take the master’s things to deal with the master, which makes Mark feel unsure.
At this time, he put away his telescope and found that the Alliance Army was waving the flag, and the sound of suona was endless. He knew that this was a sign of attack, so he quickly reminded, "Khan, Gao Huan is going to shoot artillery, their flowering bullets are amazing, so let's go to the anti-aircraft tunnel behind to command."
Bachsh nodded, not rejecting the offer.
The artillery of the Alliance Army is powerful and does not know how to control it. He knows, "Master, our army's flowering bullets consume a lot. When will your country replenish us?"
The Allied Army was also equipped with flowering bullets, but its production capacity was limited and it was difficult to meet the military's consumption.
When Mark heard Bahsh ask him for shells, he evaded: "The new shells will be brought over soon, Khan just keeps fighting."
"That's great!" Bachsh walked back along the trench and said with a cruel smile: "As long as there are enough shells, Ben Khan will kill as many enemies as he comes."
Three years of war, especially the siege of Kolkata, caused Bahsh to lose his beloved son, and he was full of hatred for the Union army.
Mark followed him, but was a little worried. In order not to hurt morale, they did not tell the truth. Bahsh did not know that there was a problem with the supply of the Allies.
Manufacturing shells requires a complete set of industries such as mining, smelting, casting, gunpowder, etc., and various raw materials are also required.
Now the Allies' reserves in India have long been bottoming out, and the domestic transportation speed is slow and the volume is small. They have to face the sea interception of the Alliance fleet, and their factories in India are no longer able to sustain.
At this time, Bahsh and Mark retreated to the back of the third line of defense, with a hot air balloon rising above their heads, and continued to pay attention to the entire battlefield.
On the rising hot air balloon, the Allied soldiers observed the alliance's military formation and were soon shocked by one of them.
The soldiers quickly picked up the telescope and saw nearly a thousand cannons in the wilderness, divided into three rows, set on the ground, and pointed the muzzles at the frontier positions of the Allies.
Who can withstand so many artillery fires in one round?
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After Gao Huan looked at the Allied defense, he roughly understood the Allied's intention, which was to use frontal fortifications to kill his army in large quantities, and wait for the Alliance army to suffer heavy losses. After they could not attack, they punched another uppercut to defeat the Alliance army.
Although Gao Huan understood the intention of the Allies, Gao Huan still chose to attack the enemy's front line of defense.
Because only by breaking through the front of the enemy can we rush into Kolkata and rescue the trapped Ganchao military and civilians.
At this time, the 300,000 alliance troops were also divided into two clusters. Two hundred thousand people on the front would launch a fierce attack, and the 100,000 people on the flank would build fortifications on the spot, dig trenches, pull up barbed wire, and guard against enemy hooks.
Gao Huan looked at the pocket watch with a twelve hour scale and said to the staff officers around him: "Ask the situation of the artillery!"
On the artillery formation of the Alliance army, nearly a thousand artillery pieces were divided into three rows and arranged on the position.
The muzzles of the thousand cannons were raised high, and the pitch-black muzzles aimed at the enemy's front in the distance, and were about to roar like never before.
At this time, the officers in the artillery team were using tools to calculate the distance, calculate the trajectory, and adjust the gun's muzzle.
A long time ago, there were many Western artillery gunners hired by high salaries in the Ganjun artillery team, but now there is no sign of Western artillery instructors. The Ganjun artillery gunners have fully mastered artillery shooting skills and are superior to the blue, leaving the West behind.
Nowadays, several military officer schools in Ganchao have artillery departments, specializing in teaching students to shoot artillery, and have sent a large number of talents to the army. Ganchao no longer needs foreign aid.
At this time, an officer rode over and rallied his horse and saluted, "Report to Your Majesty, the artillery regiment is ready, please give your Majesty instructions!"
Gao Huan replied with a military salute and said loudly: "Bare me hard and plow the enemy's fortifications!"
"As for the order!" Chen Yujie saluted, and then rode his horse back to the cannon formation.
At this time, he turned over and dismounted, ordered his subordinates to say a few words, then took the order flag, and a sharp whistle sounded from his mouth, then waved the order flag, and the blue veins on his forehead roared, "Fire!"
One thousand cannons were divided into three waves and roared in turn.
A shocking and suffocating scene appeared, thousands of cannons roared, the earth trembled, and the cannon array filled with smoke.
On the frontier positions of the Allies, as the shells roared down, they immediately exploded and instantly turned into a sea of fire.
Thousands of artillery fired volleys, and the momentum was extremely terrifying. The Allied Army saw shells falling down, and then a white light burst out and exploded suddenly.
Bahsh saw the horse-rejected horses, antlers and barbed wire in front of the front positions, and instantly was blown away by the explosion. The soldiers who could not hide were also bombed into the air, and they couldn't help but look horrified...
Chapter completed!