The Persian army crushed many attacks by the Mughal army in Kandahar, and the two countries fought for Kandahar for three years.

Today, the Huaxia Kingdom has freed up its hands, and if it wants to clean up the Mughal Kingdom, of course, it must start with the siege of Kandahar.

With a population of about 90 million, the Mughal state is also a populous country, with an army of no less than 500,000, and its army is mainly composed of light infantry, war elephants, cavalry and artillery.

The Mughal states were not always infantry powers, although they made up the vast majority of the population. The Mughal infantry was made up of light infantry, armed with arquebuses or traditional bows and arrows, and recruited from the settled inhabitants of towns and villages.

The cavalry of the Mughal kingdom consisted of the Shiyi cavalry, the feudal cavalry, and the knights of the Imperial Guards, the former two of which were locally provided troops, and the latter were elite knights fed by the treasury. Due to the rise of the Chinese state, which controlled most of Central Asia, the Mughal state could no longer recruit a large number of Central Asian Turkic knights as it did in the Babur era, and the Rajputs in northern India became the main source of Mughal cavalry.

The war elephant army of the Mughal state also belongs to the treasury to feed, the elephants are kept by the royal family, there are more than 1,000 elephants in the heyday, used for large-scale performances in peacetime, transportation of heavy objects, etc., in wartime they are put into battle, driven by the trainer, the trainer sits on the neck of the elephant, guiding the elephant forward or backward, and the elephant sits on the back of a soldier holding a spear to fight.

European firearms were also used in the Mughals, where they imported some large-caliber long-barreled pre-boring cannons, but these guns were very expensive, so the number was very limited. They had their own military factories to make cannons, because it took a lot of copper and iron to make the cannon body, and even if they could make cannons themselves, this would not be enough for the army.

The 100,000-strong Mughal army besieging Kandahar was led by Aurangzeb, an elite Mughal army that was unable to break Kandahar due to a lack of artillery, although they had the advantage in numbers.

Aurangzeb is the third prince of the Mughal kingdom, if he can break Kandahar in one fell swoop, then the throne of the Mughal kingdom belongs to him, which is why he mobilized all the troops he can command to attack Kandahar, and he has the determination not to break Kandahar and not withdraw troops.

However, the unlucky Aurangzeb met his nemesis, and Cao Wenzhao, a first-class general of the Huaxia Kingdom, led the First Army to clean him up.

Cao Wenzhao has long wanted to fight this battle, he reported to Gao Junshan several times, Gao Junshan did not agree, this time Gao Junshan personally sat in Xichang, gave Cao Wenzhao great encouragement.

His troops were deployed on the front line, just waiting for an order from the emperor, so when Cao Wenzhao received the order to attack, he immediately rushed to the front line and came to the command post of the most elite 101st Division, and he wanted to personally command the battle.

The reason why it is said that the 101st Division is the most elite division is because it has three infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, and two heavy artillery regiments, and one heavy artillery regiment has 1,000 artillery pieces, and the ferocity of its firepower can be imagined.

The commander of the 101st Division was a Chongwen disciple in his early thirties, graduated from the Chongwen Artillery School, called Chen Yunlong, with the rank of lieutenant general, and his nickname was Chen Cannon.

Cao Wenzhao came to the command post of the 101st Division, and Chen Yunlong ran out of the door to greet him; "Master Cao, why did you come to the front line in person?"

Cao Wenzhao said: "Grandma is a bear! Lao Tzu hasn't heard the rumbling cannon for many years, and today Lao Tzu is here to see how your Chen cannon fires. ”

Chen Yunlong said: "As long as you give an order, Cao Ye, our 101st Division will bomb those enemies in front of you back to their hometown!" ”

The two of them talked and laughed and walked into the command post.

The two came directly to the sand table of the command post, the deputy division commander and chief of staff of the 101st Division were lining up in front of the sand table, and they saluted Cao Wenzhao who came in: "Master Cao! ”

Cao Wenzhao asked: "The battle is about to start, your division is the closest unit to Kandahar, can you get in touch with the Persian friendly army?" ”

The chief of staff replied: "Back to Cao Ye, we have been contacted, we attack Aurangzeb's flank, and when they retreat, the Persian army will launch a full-scale attack in order to win the battle." ”

Chen Yunlong added: "The 103rd and 105th Divisions will fully cooperate with our operations, and the artillery of our three divisions will concentrate on the No. 4 area. ”

Cao Wenzhao saw the location of the No. 4 area marked on the sand table and asked: "This is an open field, what troops of the Mughal army are here?" ”

Chen Yunlong said: "Their artillery and elephant soldiers are concentrated here. ”

Cao Wen said: "The elephant soldiers are not terrible, as long as our cannons go off, these elephants will all fucking run around." ”

The chief of staff of the division said: "Cao Ye said very well, we have accumulated a lot of experience in the battlefield in Burma against elephant soldiers. ”

The deputy division commander asked Cao Wenzhao: "Master Cao, I heard that the emperor has mobilized more than a dozen cavalry divisions to concentrate in Bushehr, can you transfer them to our side and participate in the battle on our side?" ”

Cao Wenzhao said: "These cavalry divisions are preparing to cross the sea to fight the Ottomans, and after we have finished the battle here, we will also go to fight the Ottomans." ”

The task of the sea-crossing operation was to occupy Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and both Saudi Arabia and Egypt were annexed by the Ottomans at this time, so Cao Wenzhao said that he would fight against the Ottomans.

The deputy chief of staff came to remind everyone that the time for the attack was approaching, and the senior generals at the command post were nervous, waiting for Cao Wenzhao to give the order to attack.

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At the forefront of the attacking force was the 1st Company of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 101st Division.

The company commander's name was Zhao Tongchao, and today, he led his 180 warriors to take on the task of the vanguard company, and their task was to be the first to charge the Mughal army when the artillery attack was over.

At this time, Zhao Tongchao was lying in the fortifications and observing the enemy's movements with a telescope, and beside him was a platoon leader Shen Fulin.

"What are so many elephants for?" Shen Fulin, who had never seen an elephant soldier, asked.

Zhao Tongchao said: "This is their elephant soldier. ”

Shen Fulin said: "There are so many elephants, what if they all rush towards us?" ”

Zhao Tongchao said: "Don't worry, when our cannon goes off, these elephants will be useless." ”

Shen Fulin was skeptical.

"Company commander, look, the enemy is attacking!" A fighter suddenly shouted.

Zhao Tongchao strictly ordered: "Don't make noise, pay attention to concealment!" ”()

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