The harsh climate of the northern Indian state has created a resilient character of the Gurkhas. Running between the steep mountains and forests all year round has exercised their strong physique.

They fought against heaven and earth, against tigers and wolves, against all vicious enemies. Ferocity, rage, and murder are in their blood.

The Japanese soldiers fought very hard, and if it were not for the support of a large number of samurai who had been trained in martial arts since childhood, none of the short Japanese people would have survived the white-knuckle battle.

Li Hu finally sensed that something was wrong, and his troops had been attacking incessantly for four days. The scale ranges from a few hundred to several thousand, and as many troops as they can send in, as many troops will be swallowed up.

According to the Japanese people, they must have inflicted heavier casualties on the Gurkha than on their own. After four days of fighting, 5,000 Cochin soldiers were gone. The Japanese also suffered more than 6,000 casualties, but the Gurkha seemed to fight more and more.

The battlefield was littered with abandoned corpses, and more often than not, fragments of corpses. Soldiers on both sides, as if thrown into a meat grinder. The living are stirred into the dead, and the dead are stirred into pieces.

Corondo, the real cannibalism doesn't spit out bones!

"Second brother, something doesn't seem right. Intelligence says there are only 20,000 people, but if you look at how many there are now. After four days of losing the attack, the Tamils were not restless. If we're at a disadvantage, these bastards will eat them to the bone. ”

"I don't think something is right too! It stands to reason that the Gurkhas are no matter how fierce they are. In the case of more than half of the casualties, they generally retreat. We can't withstand artillery support, and they can't stand it even more. In addition to mortars, they also did not have much large-caliber artillery. ”

"Can you cut off their supply sources!"

"Supply sources, you mean the sea route? What are the ports in India? ”

"That's right! There can only be one explanation for the current situation, and the Indians have been mobilizing men and horses from the adjacent Indian ports to support the city of Colombo. India is so close to Colombo City, we can kill 3,000 people a day, and they can replenish 10,000 people.

They're spending time with us! When our strength is exhausted, the Gurkhas will pounce on them like hungry wolves. Biting us on the neck, biting us alive. Second brother, this is more than 50,000 people. And you have a Marine battalion! ”

"And what are you going to do?" Li Xiu can't help it, he has been floating on the sea all these years, and he rarely cares about things on land. The marines are also led by Zuo Liangyu and Li Dingguo.

"Can we rush into the strait between the island of Ceylon and India, where the narrowest point can be crossed by a ship in a few hours? Your fleet is invincible, and the navy in Wu Sangui's hands is not your opponent at all. Blockade of Ceylon, three days, in just three days I can exterminate those damned Gurkhas. ”

Li Hu raised three fingers, his eyes almost bulging out.

"Master Tiger, you can think about it. Now you can get artillery support from the ship, if ...... I mean, if, let's go and block the strait. You don't have artillery support! You don't even think about the machine gun, the marshal gave a death order. Machine guns can only be equipped with the Liao army,

Even the Ming garrison is not allowed to equip, we really dare to lend it to you, and when we go back, we will be used as a target by the marshal.

Don't say that the marshal won't know, what kind of thing did you say to our Da Ming, and the marshal doesn't know? Don't embarrass the second master and the little ones, you can do well! Chen Laohu cried with a sad face, he knew that after losing the artillery support, Li Hu would definitely come to borrow the machine gun.

Makqin's thing, Li Xiaoqian's instructions, must not be controlled by aliens. Even the Ming garrison was not allowed to be equipped with Makqin heavy machine guns. For the Ming Dynasty, this thing is a top secret, and if it can be kept for one more day, the Ming army will have an advantage over the armies of other countries on the battlefield.

"This ......!" Li Hu was a little confused, Li Xiu only had five ironclad ships in his hands, plus more than a dozen outdated five-masted ships.

These warships had to protect large fleets and escort returning merchant ships. More importantly, the battleship also had to provide continuous fire support for Li Hu's landing force.

"Master Tiger! Without artillery support, Corondo would be even more difficult to fight. Tokugawa Nobuo carefully reminded Li Hu.

"Those five-masted ships can't carry out the blockade mission at all, as long as Wu Sangui's remaining few ironclad ships are dispatched, they will be meat fed to people's mouths.

If the ironclad ship is dispatched, the third ......! What to do in case you hit a mine? We don't have minebreakers now, and we don't have such a narrow channel. Once the mines are laid, there is no problem for merchant ships to pass. As soon as my ironclad ship passes, hehe......! You didn't even give me a chance to collect the body, to be honest. Now our brother and I are grasshoppers on a rope, and I am gone.

Don't even think about going back to Daming! ”

Li Xiu's words made Li Hu even more crazy, he was right. Losing Li Xiu's fleet, Wu Sangui could boil Li Hu dry even if he boiled it.

Now there is fleet support, and the soldiers have food, drink, and ammunition. When the day came, the fleet was destroyed. The people who landed ashore did not eat, drink, or use ammunition ......, and the consequences were unimaginable. That's the lives of tens of thousands of people!

But if you don't boil it, it's not a way to drag it like this. The smooth landing in the early days, coupled with the diligence and courage of the North Korean migrant workers. As many military supplies as mountains have been moved ashore, and now if they want to be withdrawn to sea vessels, loading them alone is an impossible task.

Besides, the two armies have been stuck together, tearing and killing day and night, and now even if they want to withdraw, they can't withdraw.

"The third! There are some things I haven't told you in the past two days, but the supplies on the merchant ships have been almost moved. Some of the ships had gone back first with the wounded, and several five-masted ships had to escort the returning ships.

Tomorrow I intend to have all the emptied merchant ships return to Singapore and bring your follow-up troops over. With such a huge fleet, there must be ironclad ships to escort the town.

Most......! I can only ask Lao Chen to bring two ironclad ships here to give you artillery support. Toilet! You should be clear that the Indians need reinforcements, and you need reinforcements even more.

Li Dingguo also had a regiment left behind in Singapore, and I brought that regiment with me. The foundation of our Liao army is still stronger than that of the Japanese and Jiaozhi people.

Now that the battle is deadlocked, you can't move. Indians can't do anything to you either!

Wu Sangui's main force is in the Ili River Valley, and it will take at least a month and a half to come here. As long as our reinforcements arrive, there is still a chance of victory. ”

"Two? But this ......! Li Hu was a little anxious.

"Huzi, neither Mr. Sun nor Mr. Zhang agree to fight this battle. The eldest brother is also for your future, so he gives you a team of people in this way.

The second brother really can't lead people to block the strait, where the waterways are too narrow and extremely easy to be blocked by mines. If he really sank an ironclad ship, it would be difficult for the eldest brother to do it in the imperial court.

When I go back, I will send a telegram to my eldest brother. Explain the matter to the eldest brother here, and if possible, let him transfer Yuan Chonghuan's second division to reinforce Ceylon Island. ”

"No! I'm like this, let Yuan Chonghuan pick peaches? Li Hu was so angry that he almost jumped up.

"Third child, when is this? If we continue to consume like this, we will all have to finish playing. I can't say it if you want to follow me back to Singapore, and you can't do it.

From tomorrow onwards, you have to go on the defensive. It wasn't until a few days later that reinforcements arrived. Rest assured, I have ordered the mobilization of all the sailing ships in the South China Sea. ”