Chapter 423: Battle of the Narmada River
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As soon as the Battle of the Narmada River began, the artillery positions of the Southern Army were destroyed, and more than eighty percent of the artillery lost its combat effectiveness, resulting in the fact that in the following battle, the Southern Army was always in a passive state, and was suppressed by the artillery of the Northern Army and could not raise its head.
The first wave of the Northern Army's attack force reached 400,000 troops, and it seemed that it was ready to break down the Southern Army's defense line in one go. However, the Yugoslav Army also understood that the first battle was very important and related to the overall situation. Therefore, the resistance of 600,000 soldiers of the Southern Army was also very stubborn, and the large-scale attack of the Northern Army in one morning failed to break through the river defense of the Southern Army.
Both sides fought fiercely for a morning, and both suffered heavy casualties. The corpses on the bank are like mountains, the blood flows like rivers, and the originally clear water of the river has become red for hundreds of miles. The river was filled with gunsmoke and floating corpses. As the attacking side, the Northern Army suffered heavy casualties, with more than 50,000 casualties in six hours of fighting. But as the defender, the southern army was also uncomfortable, there was no artillery to suppress the opponent, and the casualties exceeded more than 60,000.
As the defender, the casualties were more than 10,000 more than the attacker, and it was obviously a big victory for the attacker.
However, the real killer of Abin Laden was in the second wave of attacks, which also focused on the Polvani defence.
The second wave of the Northern Army's attack mobilized more than 40,000 giant elephant troops, divided into four echelons, and each echelon carried out an assault with more than 10,000 giant elephant legions.
Fortunately, the Confederate troops on the Polvani Line were undermanned, and the nearest reserve was five miles away. When the second wave of the first echelon of the Northern Army began, the Giant Elephant Legion broke through the defense line of the Southern Army, causing a huge hole in the overall defense of the Southern Army, and it was quite difficult to save it, because it was facing the invincible Giant Elephant Legion on land.
At the Mehhead crossing in the upper reaches of the Narmada River, Li Jianguo and Chang Wenqing nervously commanded the engineering troops and baggage troops to dump barrels of oil into the middle of the river.
The first shipment of more than 100 tons of oil quickly drifted down the river as the dumping speed accelerated, and continued to spread to both sides of the river.
The stone was painted black, floated on the surface of the river, and in less than half an hour it drifted to the section of the Porvani River. At this moment, thick smoke covered the river, and the Giant Elephant Legion of the Northern Army, which was crossing the river to fight, did not pay attention to the oil coming downstream.
After the first echelon of elephants rushed to the opposite bank, Abin Laden was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered more than 20,000 giant elephants of the second and third echelons to cross the river, and at the same time ordered more than 60,000 troops on standby on the north bank to quickly cross the river in small boats.
At this moment, the soldiers of the Southern Army on the opposite bank were being slaughtered by the Giant Elephant Legion of the Northern Army, and they were already unable to defend the Northern Army from crossing the river. The nearest reserve force was rushing in, and Abin Laden had to take full control of the section of the Polvani River before reinforcements arrived, and use this as a breakthrough to completely tear apart the Southern Army's defensive line and finally complete the victory at the Battle of the Narmada River.
Soon, the elephant soldiers crossing the river were surprised to see a slimy black thing floating in the river, and at first they didn't care, but some of the elephant soldiers saw the oil and soon realized that something was wrong.
However, because his unit was crossing the river and the thick smoke covered the river, he could not see clearly in the distance, and he did not know how much oil was floating down.
So, I had to escalate the situation to the next level, and by the time I finally reported it to Abin Laden, it was too late.
Abin Laden hurriedly ran to the high ground near the river, looked into the distance, and saw that there was no smoke of gunpowder upstream, and the whole river turned black, and he immediately understood the danger.
"Damn stop the attack, withdraw immediately"
It is difficult for the 20,000-headed elephant army and the 60,000-boat division to get orders all at once, especially at this moment the artillery on the battlefield is deafening, the soldiers are nervous, the orders are conveyed quite slowly, and only the soldiers who have just been launched are ordered to retreat.
The movements of the Northern Army naturally could not escape the reconnaissance of the Air Force of the Chinese Empire, and after Li Jianguo learned of the situation, he knew that the oil had drifted to Polvani, otherwise the Northern Army would not suddenly stop crossing the river.
Li Jianguo immediately ordered the remaining oil barrels to be cut open and thrown into the river to let them leak out slowly. Then the order was given to ignite.
As hundreds of torches were thrown into the river, the torches touched the oil, and suddenly flames more than a meter high rose and billowing black smoke came out.
When it was too late, the flames spread quickly, and in an instant, the entire surface of the river for hundreds of meters burst into flames.
The fire is scorching, and the smoke covers the sky.
The flames burned all the way in the direction of the river, like a huge fire dragon, winding and circling for miles in an instant.
The fire rushed down faster than the river, and in a few minutes it reached the vicinity of Polvani. In the thick smoke, most of the elephant army and the boat division troops of the army that were crossing the Hebei River had not yet received the order to retreat and continued to advance.
Because of the thick smoke, they didn't realize the danger until the fire burst in.
"It's on fire"
"Help"
……
Screams came one after another, and the soldiers who were stuck to their bodies by the oil instantly fell into the sea of fire, screaming. And the same elephant had more oil attached to it, and suddenly it was frightened, and its nose was screaming. The burning elephant fell into a frenzy and went on a rampage, which immediately caused chaos in the formation of the giant elephant legion and caused chaos in the whole team. In the panic, the spikes of the giant elephant's weapons caused huge casualties to the soldiers of the Northern Army. The soldiers near the elephant herd could not escape the bad luck of being hanged.
The flames were everywhere, and in just a few seconds, the northern army's river-crossing troops were instantly plunged into a sea of fire.
The boatman did not dodge either, the oil adhered to the ship's surroundings, and the fire instantly burned several meters high. The galloping elephant overturned the top of the ship, drowning countless people in the water. Some of the soldiers on the boat threw themselves into the river in confusion, but the river was already in flames, and jumping into it was also death. Some people are lucky, they don't float out after jumping into the water, and swim out with their breath, but the river water of more than 100 meters, where is there room for breathing?
You can't swim left and right, and it's even more impossible to go back and forth. Tens of thousands of soldiers were either burned alive by fire, smoked to death, drowned, or mistakenly killed by their companions and elephants.
The fire continued to spread along the river, engulfing everywhere it went. The soldiers of the Northern Army who crossed the river in other places were also not spared, but the fierce fire from the upstream alerted the soldiers of the Northern Army far downstream, and most of the soldiers crossing the river of the Northern Army downstream quickly withdrew to the shore, reducing casualties.
However, a hundred tons of oil sloping down can cause much more damage than that. But seeing the whole Narmada River, it was completely caught in flames. The river was burned with fire, and the boats, the living soldiers, and the bodies of the lost soldiers became the source of the flames. The fire was out of control, and at the bend of the river, the oil was washed to the shore, and the fire quickly spread to the shore, and the trees and grass on both sides were instantly ignited by the high temperature, and the fire tunnel spread to both banks.
Flames erupted and smoke billowed into the sky, and the entire Narmada River was shrouded in black smoke, which was indistinguishable from each other.
The burning of oil was filled with a large amount of highly toxic materials, and the poisonous gas spread, and the northern and southern armies on both sides of the strait retreated one after another, and those who did not have time to withdraw soon suffocated to death.
An hour later, the oil was almost burned, and the fire moved from the middle of the river to the dense forest on both sides, and in the season of water shortage, the forest was exceptionally dry, and the high temperature of the fire ignited them uncontrollably, and forest fires ignited on both sides of the tunnel.
On the shore, Aben Laden knelt on the ground with his head in his hands and slammed the ground, blood streaming from his forehead, but he still couldn't control the pain in his heart at the moment.
"General, the fire is burning, please retreat first"
Osama bin Laden was so stunned that his men had no choice but to forcibly carry him away.
The flames spread to both banks, all the boats and tools used by the Northern Army to cross the river were burned, hundreds of thousands of officers and men of the Northern Army retreated, the poisonous smoke spread quickly, and they were afraid of being attacked by the Southern Army, so they retreated very quickly, and many artillery pieces did not have time to take away, and retreated to 30 miles away.
However, hundreds of thousands of Yugoslav troops also had no good fruit to eat. The fire also spread to the south bank, and the Southern army's fortifications were mostly wooden structures, which caught fire in case of fire, and the surrounding forests and grasses were fired, and the Southern army was forced to abandon its defensive position, and was also driven back dozens of miles by the smoke before stopping.
In the upper air, Li Jianguo and Chang Wenqing stared at each other with big eyes, both of them looking dazed and incredible.
In their opinion, they never expected this effect. Originally, he only thought of using the characteristics of oil to burn on the water, and to make a fire to block the river to prevent the enemy from crossing the river, but the fire burned to the shore, and it was out of control, forcing the millions of troops on both sides to abandon their positions and flee.
"Let's play less with fire in the future"
Li Jianguo swallowed his saliva, he was really frightened.
Chang Wenqing sighed: "This fire is burning with energy, from the river to the shore, spreading for dozens of miles, I think if it doesn't rain, this fire can burn all the mountains and forests within a radius of 100 miles."
There was already a thick smoke in the air, and there was a smell of everything. There is the smell of rotten eggs burned in oil, the smell of green smoke burned in wood, and the smell of burnt meat. In short, in the face of the fire, the gods and horses are all floating clouds and vulnerable.
By this time, hundreds of tons of oil had arrived urgently from the RAF base in Agra, and the adjutant asked whether to continue pouring into the river.
Li Jianguo and Chang Wenqing gave him a blow at the same time, ordering him to immediately transport all the oil back to Malwa City.
"Let's go back too" Chang Wenqing sighed: "This fire may burn for ten days and half a month, they will definitely not be able to fight, unless it rains heavily."
Li Jianguo said with a smile: "Even if the heavy rain comes, they may not be able to start a war again in a short time, you must know that our fire has broken the bones of the Northern Army." This hurts the muscles and bones, and I am afraid that I will not be able to recover without a hundred days."
Chang Wenqing nodded, understanding what Li Jianguo meant. It is nothing more than the most elite Giant Elephant Legion of the Northern Army that has been hit hard, and the fire just now burned the Giant Elephant Legion of the two echelons of the Northern Army, and the losses will not be less.
Li Jianguo and Chang Wenqing returned to Malwa on their own, and a fire prevented the Northern Army's plan to cross the river and inflicted heavy losses on the Northern Army, and there is no doubt that the two of them made a great contribution. However, the two of them also knew that a hundred tons of oil would set fire to the surrounding mountains and forests, and if the fire spread to the Mughal colony and damaged the interests of the empire, they would also have to write a long inspection, and even be held accountable by a military court.
Li Jianguo and Chang Wenqing set fire oil to help the coalition forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia prevent the northern army from crossing the river, which can be regarded as saving face for the federal army of Yugoslavia, and at the same time saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the coalition army of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Originally, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia should have been grateful to the Chinese Empire, but the government always made people speechless. In this battle, the coalition forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia lost 170,000 troops, more than 200 artillery pieces, a large amount of baggage and supplies, and the entire fortifications built on the defense line of the Narmada River were destroyed.
For this reason, they immediately sent a note to the Mughal colonial governor's palace of the Chinese Empire, demanding that the South Asia Dispatch Command of the Royal Chinese Army give an explanation for the arson and demand compensation for their military losses.
It's really speechless to encounter this situation.
The Mughal colonial governorate of the Chinese Empire did not say anything about this, refusing to answer. However, the South Asian Dispatch Force Command said that it did not know, and when the officials of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia asked them deeply, they prevaricated with the idea that "we are investigating what the situation is."
The South Asian Dispatch Force Command did not reply to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's request for compensation, and when the other side asked urgently, it replied with "We are happy to sell weapons to you."
In a word, if you don't have money, you can buy things with money
Politics is like playing Tai Chi, fortunately, the Chinese Imperial Government is strong, and the countries of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia do not dare to turn their faces directly, so they have to accompany them to play Tai Chi.
However, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia suffered a big loss in artillery this time, and there is a way to eat a trench and grow wise. Seeing that the Chinese Empire refused to let go, he had no choice but to settle for the second best thing and scrape together money to buy the artillery of the Chinese Empire.
Of course, the South Asian Dispatch Army Command also wanted to retaliate, raising the price by 30% and beating the water dogs. The coalition forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia urgently need to regain artillery support, and with their industrial capabilities, it is clear that they will not be able to obtain advanced artillery in a short time. The South Asian Dispatch Army Command saw precisely this, struck snakes and hit them seven inches, choked their death holes, and acted arbitrarily.
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was sitting on pins and needles at the moment, and if it wanted to keep its territory, it had to kneel and beg the Chinese Empire for help. But they really couldn't come up with that much money, so they had to grind their mouths. In the end, the Yugoslav Federation gave up pursuing someone's act of arson and gave up its claim for compensation, which allowed it to purchase a hundred artillery pieces at the normal price.
One hundred Shenwu cannons were exported to the type, although the number was less, but the quality and power were far superior to the artillery of the Northern Army. Of course, the unit price of each piece of artillery is 200,000 silver dollars, and the shells and propellants also make the Yugoslav countries have a pain in their eyes for several days.
In the end, the Rajput state alone undertook the repayment of 20 million silver dollars of the 37 million silver dollars in arms, sawing off all the ivory of more than 10,000 male elephants in their state as a down payment and handing it over to the South Asian Dispatch Command.
This side of the Yugoslav Federation took the opportunity to reorganize its armament for war, and the northern army was also not to be outdone, but this time in the battle of the Narmada River, the northern army suffered heavy losses, with more than 200,000 casualties, and the most elite giant elephant army had less than 15,000 left, and the shells and gunpowder that had been reserved for two years were exhausted in this battle.
And this qiē is obviously very difficult for Persia and Afghanistan, which have almost zero industrial capacity.
They already knew that it was the Chinese Empire that set the fire, but they couldn't turn their faces immediately. At this time, what they need is respite, not to attract another strong enemy.
The Persian kingdom was so dissatisfied with this operation that it almost cut off Osama bin Laden's head. Fortunately, many ministers interceded, and the king spared him, but asked him to make meritorious contributions and solve the problem as soon as possible.
The main reason why the Persian king did not kill Abin Laden was that he did not want to lose his foothold in the Indian subcontinent, let alone be looked down upon by the Chinese Empire.
Three years ago, the king of the Persian Sava dynasty sent his third daughter, Princess Pokla, to Beijing to give Shenwu the Great a concubine, and the two countries became in-laws.
However, Sava III soon regretted it, as he learned from a minister who had returned from an expedition to the Chinese Empire that the Chinese Emperor, Princess Kenabolak, was a concubine mainly for the future seizure of the Persian kingdom.
It turned out that Deng Haonan, the emperor of Shenwu, listened to the advice of Qian Qianyi, the minister of the cabinet, and accepted the princess of the vassal country as his concubine, so that the prince born to the princess of the vassal country would become the heir to the king of the vassal country in the future.
In short, the Chinese Empire had come to regard Persia as its vassal state. This kind of naked interference and oppression is obviously not something that Savoy III said could tolerate. It is precisely because of this that the relationship between Persia and the Chinese Empire has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the Chinese of the Chinese Empire in Persia have been embarrassed everywhere.
What made Sava III nervous was that the king of Vietnam sent the ninth princess Nami to the imperial palace of the Chinese Empire as a concubine in order to make peace. As a result, Princess Nami gave birth to the nineteenth son of the emperor, and at the same time as she entered the concubine, the nineteenth son of the emperor was canonized as the king of Vietnam.
The Vietnamese king Nguyen Phuc Nguyen was cleaned up by the Emperor Shenwu of the Chinese Empire more than ten years ago, and how dare he have the slightest voice of protest and acquiesce in the fact that Deng Haonan canonized his nineteenth son as the king of Vietnam. At the same time, in order to save his life, Nguyen Phuc Yuan actually abolished the crown prince of Vietnam, apparently waiting for the nineteenth prince to go to Vietnam to take over as the king of Vietnam after he turned eighteen.
King Sava III of Persia was nervous, but he was glad that his daughter, Princess Pollac, had given birth to two young princesses in a row, and was considered a princess who could not bear a son. Sava III was delighted, because in this way there would be no Persian king canonized by the Chinese Empire.
However, Savoy III was always happy and sad. Half a year ago, Princess Pollack gave birth to the twenty-third son of the emperor for Emperor Shenwu, so she was named a concubine. Subsequently, Emperor Shenwu canonized the twenty-third son of the emperor as the king of Persia, clearly asking the twenty-third son of the emperor to become the next vassal king of the Persian kingdom.
Subsequently, the consulate of the Chinese Empire in Isfahan, the capital of Persia, secretly proposed to Sava III that he inherit as the twenty-third prince of the Chinese Empire, King of Persia, but was directly rejected by Sava III.
This naked power suddenly made Sava III give up his last illusion and regard the Chinese Empire as an enemy, so he let himself go all out to intervene in the affairs of Gujarat, with the aim of expanding his territory and expanding his national power against the Chinese Empire. V