Chapter 3: The Rise of Great Powers 253: India Confrontation 2

The habit Li Xiucheng developed in the martial arts hall in the capital made him hold a good military posture anytime and anywhere. At this moment, Li Xiucheng stood in Yang Luchan's office straight as if a nail was planted there. His combat plan against Britain was in the hands of the general Yang Luchan.

It was originally an excellent thing to attack the British positions based on the current situation.

Judging from the entire situation of the war, if Kolkata does not receive reinforcements, it will face extremely dangerous, and the fastest and most powerful reinforcements of the British army can only come from Kohima. In this way, the Asian coalition will attack Kohima, and maintain the necessary pressure on Kohima's British army to prevent them from reinforcements from Kolkata.

But things were a bit unexpected. Shortly after the coalition forces sent supplies to Zuo Zongtang's troops in Silhet, three days ago, a large temporary supply point of the Asian coalition was destroyed. The entire supply point became a ruin, and the ammunition stored in it was gone.

After destroying the supply points, the British army continued to go deep into the rear of the coalition forces to attack the supplies along the way, causing serious danger to the supply line of the Asian coalition forces.

The British army accidentally made the Asian coalition passive. Because the Chinese team with extremely strong firepower has more important logistics supply than other armies. The ammunition base of Chinese soldiers is 24o bullets, 6 grenadiers, and the throwing degree of grenadiers is irrelevant. If you use the shooting of the 2-type rifle for a calculation, everyone will know the importance of logistics.

Calculate that the 2-type arrow shot 12 bullets per minute, after a fierce battle of 20 minutes, only a pile of bullet shells remained. At this time, if there is no supply, then the Chinese soldiers can only fight with "fire sticks".

Therefore, while advanced equipment brought stronger firepower to the Chinese team, it also put forward higher requirements for the Chinese team's logistics supply. Speaking of this, it is not difficult to understand why the supply points were attacked by the British army, which would have such a significant impact on the Asian coalition. The ammunition stored on the front line can only ensure 2.5 basic ammunition per Chinese soldier, which means that these ammunitions can only provide a 50-minute high-intensity firepower.

Attack. Obviously, it is too risky to attack more than 100,000 British troops based on this ammunition stock. What if the British counterattack after the attack is defeated? Yang Luchan has to worry about the consequences here. He is the commander of nearly 300,000 troops. He is not a team officer, a commander or a coordinator. As a high-ranking commander, if he makes a mistake in decision-making, he sacrifices not only tens of thousands of lives but also the destiny of a country.

These questions made Yang Luchan hesitate. He said to Li Xiucheng earnestly: "Xiucheng, when the emperor asked someone to find you from Sijing, I will know that you are a very talented person. Xiucheng's performance since he went to war was very outstanding. Even Zuo Jigao always looked at you differently. But this general was deeply grateful to the emperor and had a great responsibility. After losing the war, I, Yang Luchan, was still fearless even if the horses and the corpse were removed. But what I, Yang Luchan, feared was that the emperor and the court would be passive. My Great China built several provinces in the South China Sea and fell back into the hands of the British. At that time, there was no place for me to stand in the southeast. This was a dangerous move, so I won't discuss it for now. "

Speaking of this, Yang Luchan added: "Now General Huang's army is destroying the British army on the supply line. Waiting for ammunition to come, it is not too late for us to attack again."

Li Xiucheng said unwillingly: "The ammunition can save soldiers' ammunition. If it really doesn't work, you can also use the seized British weapons. Many veterans in the team have used flints. The mark is under the mark that the British army must be eager to leave Kohima, and this plane must not be lost and will not come again."

Yang Luchan showed a thoughtful expression on his face. If Zuo Zongtang was advised in front of him, he might be accurate. But. Li Xiucheng was a young man who had just left the school for a while, and Yang Luchan hesitated. He was really worried about the difficulties in supplying. If there was a problem with the main force of the central army, the results of the other three teams would be in vain. Thinking of this, Yang Luchan said: "In this way, let's carefully observe the movements of the British army and send people to urge the supply in the rear."

At this moment, a communication soldier came to report: "General, call came from the front, and the British started an attack in the early days."

In recent days, the British army has been constantly attacking. Faced with the British army's successive counterattacks, Yang Luchan increased his defense-oriented mind and stood up from his seat. He walked to Li Xiucheng and patted his shoulder and said, "Let's do it."

Li Xiucheng walked out of the ground hidden in the woods, and he felt a little disappointed. Through the analysis of the frontline battle reports, Li Xiucheng was very confident that the British army would evacuate Kohima, and even Li Xiucheng believed that the recent British attack was to cover up his intention to evacuate.

He took off his green military cap on his head. The weather was particularly clear in the afternoon. The blue sky was not seen at all in the blue sky after the rain. In this way, the weather was particularly good. Li Xiucheng stood on a hillside and looked at the fierce battle on the front line. His blood was burning. He was eager to participate in the battle on the front line. He grew up listening to the storytelling of "Talking about Yue Zhi" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In Li Xiucheng's mind, he had always been eager to command thousands of troops and throw the man's blood on the battlefield of iron and fire.

However, the war was cruel. After the battle began, stretchers were constantly carried over on the front line. These wounded soldiers made Li Xiucheng feel the fierceness of the battle. It can be said that the wounded people who could be carried back were lucky people in misfortune, and more people had become tens of millions of pieces of meat and their limbs were broken. The wounded soldiers who returned to the front line hospital were sometimes fuzzy at the least, and at worst, they were missing arms and legs. The main cause of this injury was British artillery, especially heavy artillery. In this battle of Kohima, the coalition forces suffered a great loss in artillery, which was mainly caused by the lack of heavy artillery in the coalition.

The reason why there are no heavy artillery on the front line is that the Chinese Navy has not been able to seize the sea control power in the Strait of Malacca.

Without the sea power transportation, it is naturally impossible to go through the sea route. In this way, the transportation of the China Team only passes through Route 6. There are two routes on Route 6, one from Yunnan to Myanmar. One detours through Vietnam through Vientiane Siam to Myanmar. Both routes are currently in use, but because the former is difficult and the latter is long, the heavy artillery of the China Team has not been sent to the front line.

When Li Xiucheng saw these wounded soldiers passing by, he silently took off his hat and became more and more deeply aware of the importance of artillery.

After packing up his sad feelings, Li Xiucheng quickly walked to the office of the General Staff. Compared with the tense and chaotic scenes outside, there was another kind of busyness in the General Staff.
Chapter completed!