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Volume 1: Time Travel in the World, Traveling Between Ancient and Modern Times Chapter 277: Sweeping Thousands of Armies

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    [277] Sweeping Thousands of Armies Major General Hughes rode a strong brown horse and, together with the British officers, led nine British colonial infantry regiments in northern India from New Delhi to the Himalayan passes.  He was in such a bad mood that he couldn't feel happy even when he saw the wild roses blooming on the roadside.  According to the information sent by the lords of the northern kingdoms, the powerful Chinese army has passed through valleys in the Himalayas after setting off from Ali Ali, and has now entered the Kapon Valley.  After the Imperial Alliance Army in the Northern Territory launched several rash attacks on the Chinese troops heading south, they were severely beaten by the Chinese Army's mortars. They had collapsed and were filled with pits and valleys, and were being pursued by the Chinese infantry.  Encirclement and suppression.  Major General Hughes was terrified. Once the Capon Valley changed hands, the Chinese Army would successfully rush out of the Shimla Pass at the southern end of the valley. If he could not block the Chinese at the Shimla Pass, it would mean a disaster.  The Japanese troops will rush into the plains of northern India, and they will have countless choices in the direction of attack.  Major General Hughes was shocked by the attack speed of the Chinese Army, but Hughes felt that the Chinese Army could not be large in number. The commercial road leading to Lhasa through Ali was in poor condition, and the wilderness was covered with gravel and streams.  The logistics of the ** team must be very problematic.  And Hughes has three powerful Sikh infantry regiments, two Punjabi cavalry regiments, and four hard-working Gurkhas?  long?  wind?  The Literary Infantry Regiment is led by more than 100 British officers and more than 500 experienced British soldiers, with a total strength of more than 20,000.  As the most powerful regiment in northern India, Hughes boasted to the Governor-General of India, the Marquis of Dufferin, and the British Commander-in-Chief in India, Earl of Shore, claiming that with such a powerful garrison force, it would be impossible for the Chinese to enter northern India.  Plain step.  But after experiencing several encounters, Hughes was horrified to find that the Indian soldiers he relied on for mountain operations had no ability to resist the revolutionary army composed of Han and Tibetan people.  Hughes now places all his hopes on the Capon Valley and the Shimla Pass. As long as he controls this place, he can lock the Chinese team firmly in the Himalayas and cannot move even half a step south.  After a morning of marching, the forward troops of the Hughes Corps finally arrived at the Shimla Pass.  The first opponent they encountered, the 11th Group Army of the Lhasa Theater of the Chinese People's Revolutionary Army, gave them a wake-up call.  As a mountain group army, in order to facilitate mobile field marches, the group armies under the Lhasa station area are equipped with a variety of mortars and recoilless rifles from regiment to company, and each division is equipped with a Type 56 160mm mortar regiment.  .  Although the 160mm mortar weighs more than one ton, it is not light, but it is better than the 122mm howitzer used in the Kunming Theater, which weighs more than two tons, making it easier for trucks and tractors to tow in river valleys.  On the other hand, the British army has learned from the disastrous defeats on land and sea over the years and vigorously developed artillery. However, in 1880, the British had not yet found a way to shoot a 4-kilogram shell 3,500 meters away.  The British War Department is extremely angry about this, because in their view, China's 82mm mortar shells are about 4 kilograms (nearly 5 kilograms) per round. If the United Kingdom wants to compete with China on land, it must come up with 75mm to  The 80mm howitzer launches 4kg shells to a distance of 4,000 meters.  So after strengthening the alliance with France, Britain and France jointly developed artillery. Britain used its superior naval technology to exchange its superior army artillery technology with France, and successfully produced the Type 85 75mm howitzer in 1885.  The 25-caliber barrel and smokeless gunpowder allow the gun to fire 4 kilogram grenades to a distance of 4 kilometers, but its lethality only relies on a dozen uneven fragments of the shell, while it can fire solid iron ball shells up to 6 kilometers.  Sadly, there is a huge technological generation gap between China and the UK, which means that all artillery of this era can continuously adjust and fire 200 rounds within two kilometers, whether it is a grenade or a solid iron ball, the hit rate is only a little more than 10%.  However, countries around the world are now learning from China's skirmishing tactics. Facing the no longer dense infantry, the development trend of artillery shells will focus on grenades, so all countries are eliminating solid artillery shells.  But since all types of Chinese mortars have a range of more than five kilometers, and the 160mm can hit more than eight kilometers, the balance of strength in this war has been one-sided from the beginning.  The vanguard of the Hughes Army soon came into contact with the Revolutionary Army. The vanguard of the 11th Group Army used the powerful firepower of 81 light machine guns and 56 semi-automatic to clear the way, defeating the forward of the Hughes Army, and was forced to retreat significantly to reorganize.  Then the artillery battle began. Due to the artillery doctrine advocated by Yao Fan, the Chinese Revolutionary Army has evolved modern warfare into the era of artillery confrontation.  A 160mm mortar regiment at the forefront of the 11th Group Army took the lead in attacking. Under the radio guidance of the leading troops, 160mm heavy grenade mortars weighing 41 kilograms were poured onto the position of the Hughes Corps.  ? ?Amidst the rumbling sound, the 160mm artillery shell weighing 41 kilograms opened the eyes of the British army. This thing was ten times heavier than the 1885 75mm howitzer shell that the British army had just replaced. It had a killing radius of more than 50 meters and covered an area  Equivalent to the size of a football field.  Before the Hughes Army could rush into the Silam Pass to block the attack, the British Colonial Corps' large force was quickly bombarded to pieces outside the Silam Pass. Every time the Chinese Army's shells landed, fifty or sixty people were taken away.  Soldiers' lives, one shell even hit the center of a Gurkha infantry regiment assembled in a square formation, killing more than 200 people on the spot, and more than 300 people were lightly or seriously injured Major General Hughes's spirit almost collapsed  .  But this is not over yet. The modern infantry tactics of the Revolutionary Army have always been the coordination of infantry and artillery. The arrival of artillery fire means the beginning of the infantry attack.  Long before the annihilation battle in the Capone Valley began, the 11th Army Group composed of Han and Tibetan people had already completed a circuitous route behind enemy lines carrying iron pots and dry food. Two infantry regiments crossed the mountains from the east and waded out of the east valley.  After that, it detoured back to the southeast side of the Hughes Army. With the artillery coverage of the artillery vanguard of the 11th Army, it launched a wide-width encirclement charge against the Hughes Army.  Hearing the shrill charge of the Chinese Army Corps, the Indian soldiers no longer had the will to fight and began to collapse and flee on a large scale. The British officers were at a loss and the troop command was completely paralyzed.  It was at this time that Major General Hughes's spirit completely collapsed.  Hughes rode on his horse and fled in panic with the defeated troops, lamenting in his heart: "No one can defeat the Chinese. They are slaughtering us like wolves driving away sheep. This is an unfair war."  ¡­¡± With the collapse of the Hughes Army, the main force of the 11th Army rushed out of the Siram Pass and invaded the northern Indian plains. Countless Indian state troops were frightened by the news and retreated without firing a shot. The entire British army in northern India  Begins to retreat southward on a large scale.  On the eastern front of the Indian Liberation Campaign, the three armies in the Kunming Theater also swept away all resistance. They rushed out from various rugged mountain roads and forest lands, roundabout and outflanked the main enemy armies, and completely surrounded the British army gathered in Dhaka on the eastern front.  and a main force of one hundred and twenty thousand in Calcutta.  Then, the H-1 Division of the Air Force of the Chinese Republic took off from Yangon Field Airport, and a large-scale bombing group consisting of 48 H-5 aircraft was dispatched. The Silver Reapers handsomely dropped hundreds of tons of bombs on the surrounded British army, destroying the British army.  The main force that was stubbornly resisting in Calcutta and Dhaka was completely blown away and lost its will to fight. The two cities were almost in ruins.  In the Bay of Bengal, the summer is hot, and the salty, humid and warm sea breeze makes people feel sticky all over.  The British Overseas Fleet gathered in the northern Bay of Bengal, waiting for a decisive battle with the Chinese Navy.  The Marquess of the British Navy stood on the bridge of the "Dreadnought" battleship launched in 1884. Looking down at the deck, he found that the soldiers were praying devoutly for victory.  "Yes, victory, God save the Queen, Great Britain needs a victory so much!" The Chinese-made radio transceiver was ticking in the telecommunications room on the top floor of the bridge. The translator had only received a bunch of work after days of work.  Bad news, the British army of 200,000 troops in India was retreating steadily, and the proud and loud numbers were annihilated by the Chinese establishment. The revolutionary army used thunderous air power to blow Calcutta back to the Stone Age.  According to reliable intelligence, the Commander-in-Chief of the Calcutta Naval Base told Marshal Allred that the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in India, Earl Shore, and his headquarters also suffered misfortunes in the air raid. Chinese planes dropped tons of bombs, Earl Shore's headquarters  The headquarters in the New Fort William fortress in Calcutta was blown into a pile of gravel, and the British army has not yet found the body of Earl Shore.  The Dreadnought is not the Dreadnought-class battleship that people thought in later generations, but an upgraded version of the Royal Navy's Tragedy-class ironclad. It has four 317mm main guns. Each turret weighs 25 tons and has a range of up to 10 kilometers.  Since the Royal Navy was defeated again and again by the arrogant Chinese Navy, the British Navy has begun a large-scale shipbuilding campaign in an attempt to avenge its past humiliation.  So the Devastated-class ironclad was upgraded and became the current Dreadnought battleship.  The entire Royal Navy Overseas Fleet has 139 large and small warships, divided into 10 squadrons. They are all currently gathered in the Bay of Bengal, because according to intelligence, the Chinese fleet has set off from Banda Aceh and resupplied in Yangon.  Heading towards Calcutta.  The Marquis of Allred knows that the current Royal Navy Overseas Fleet is actually the most powerful fleet in the UK, even larger than the local fleet. If victory over China cannot be achieved in this way, then the British maritime empire will be completely destroyed.  Destruction, he simply couldn't imagine it.  The sun gradually rose. At noon, the Third Squadron sent a message back and discovered the Chinese fleet. Its scale was unprecedented. In addition to a dozen large warships, there were more than thirty thousand ships.Small boats below ??.  However, this naval battle suddenly started without warning. The Chinese fleet more than 20 kilometers away showed its ferocious fangs before the Royal Navy squadrons could rush to complete the encirclement.  Li Lu, the new deputy commander of the South China Sea Fleet, ordered a long-range missile attack on the British Navy.  Ten 024 missile speedboats spread out on the sea, forming a horizontal intensive attack formation.  The orders from the captains of each boat echoed in the loudspeakers inside the boat: "Everyone is ready for combat!" "Everyone is ready for combat immediately!" "Every combat position is in place immediately!" "Every combat position starts self-inspection!" "Missiles  Power supply completed! " "Fire control radar power supply completed!" "The radar is locked and the real-time data injection is normal!" "The main engine power is at full speed!  Moving forward!" "Everyone has entered the bridge cockpit, and the water-tight door is airtightly locked." "I command, launch the missile!" "Yes, launch!"  The tail flame shot out towards the British naval target. After approaching the target, the missile's terminal guidance radar was turned on. After completing the climbing action, it roared and dived into the belly of the British warship.  A series of big explosions appeared on the sea. The "Graton", "Hercules", "Steadfast", "Perris", "Dignity" and other main ships with nearly 10,000 tons or even more than 10,000 tons  The warship was destroyed instantly, and the Royal Navy was completely disrupted. No one knew what magic the Chinese Navy used and how it did it.  The main ship of the South China Sea Fleet, the Guangzhou, has a displacement of 13,000 tons. It is a primary battleship specially designed for the Chinese Republic in the 21st century. It is equipped with four 203mm single-barreled main guns. This is the ship-mounted version of the 203mm plus howitzer.  In addition, it is equipped with four 130mm secondary guns, four 57mm secondary guns, and eight twin 37mm automatic guns.  Since it has not designed overly complex electronic systems and dual or triple turrets, the ship's appearance is similar to a smaller version of the 071 dock landing ship, and there is a lot of room for improvement.  Although it is a 21st century design, the main construction and assembly were all completed by the Republic of China. Because it does not consider too many electronic equipment, does not require landing operations, and does not carry a helicopter or missile vertical launch system, so the ship's  It is not too difficult to build it yourself, and the localization rate has reached nearly 50%.  The Guangzhou's 203mm main gun with a range of 50 kilometers suddenly fired, announcing that the entire fleet had joined the battle.  The Fuzhou, Kunming, and Taipei of the same class as the Guangzhou followed suit, and then the Hong Kong, Macao, Foshan, Maoming and other destroyers of the same class as the Four King Kong also joined in, followed by the Type 037 Hunter  The submarine's assault and the torpedo boat brigade's pursuit, the 203mm, 130mm, and 57mm naval guns rumbled, and the torpedoes entered the water with a thud, and the sea was strangled into a mass.  When the Marquis of Allred rushed to the sea area of ????the battlefield, batches of British warships were rushing towards the Chinese fleet without fear of death. Allred looked at the wreckage on the sea that had been blown up by the Chinese navy, and the fire and black smoke enveloped the Royal Navy.  The navy is like a crematorium.  A thought came to Allred's mind: "Maybe I will never go back to London"
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