(Sufferings should never be forgotten, and Chinese people should strengthen themselves. Double update to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre)
Lin Youde felt that one head was as big as two.
The wheel of previous history seemed to have gone crazy, running off the familiar track, leaving people very confused as to what to do.
It's better now, just when Lin Youde was ready to show off his talents on a completely different historical track, it ran back again... In the last time and space, the British army invaded Tibet at the end of 1903 and occupied Lhasa in 1904. Originally, Lin Youde thought this plot
It would never happen again in this time and space. Unexpectedly, only halfway through 1903, the British came to our door.
Of course, Lin Youde didn't know that the reason for the British invasion of Tibet this time was very different from the last time and space.
Soon, the Indian Bureau sent back confirmed information that British troops were gathering, and arms originally stored in Mumbai and other places also began to be transported to the Sikkim area.
After knowing that the British were about to go to war, Lin Youde submitted the intelligence to the Thirteenth Emperor of Lhasa in Tibet and the federal central government in Beijing, while convening a countermeasures meeting.
Fortunately, judging from the situation in the last time and space, among the Thirteenth Emperor and the current Tibetan dignitaries, the main war faction is still slightly stronger than the capitulation faction. In the last time and space, the British invaded Tibet twice.
The local government of Tibet mobilized tens of thousands of troops to fight. However, the poor weapons and the Qing Dynasty's compromise policy meant that although the British did not completely take advantage, they still achieved their invasion goals.
The British army's second invasion of Tibet in the last time and space was also blocked at Gyantse. The British army had to suspend the offensive to wait for reinforcements, and launched their best trick of divide and rule to drive a wedge between the different factions of the Tibetan political and religious authorities.
Although these are things that happened in the previous time and space, Lin Youde, after groping during this period of time, knew that the personalities of the historical figures in this time and space are not much different from those in the previous time and space.
Therefore, the Thirteenth Emperor would definitely order a resistance first like he did in the previous time and space, and only then fled from Lhasa when the war was not going well.
Then just provide weapons and modern military training to Zang's army.
"Is it too late?" Du Qifeng looked doubtful at the meeting, "The enemies are already gathering."
"No problem." Chen Haihui waved his hands indifferently. Since he had just hosted the summer training camp of the Marine Corps, he was a healthy chocolate color. "Other people's weapons may take half a year of training to become effective in combat, but our weapons will
Just pulling the trigger is effective because you don't need to aim."
To be precise, it is useless even if you aim beyond a certain distance, but at close range there is no need to aim and you can definitely kill a lot of enemies with a single sweep with your eyes closed.
"The key lies in the supply of ammunition." Lin Youde took up what his good friend said, "As long as there is enough ammunition for Zang's army to waste, the British army, whose equipment is one level worse and not accustomed to the plateau environment, will be unable to move forward."
In the last time and space, one of the reasons that prevented the British from directly stationing troops in Tibet was that the soldiers were not acclimatized to the local conditions. Some British even arrogantly believed that the damage caused by Zang's army to the British army was not as much as altitude sickness.
No wonder Lin Youde thought that as long as the supply of British troops was guaranteed, there would be nothing he could do.
But it was this seemingly simple "maintaining supply" that made Lam Kee's general manager Du Qifeng smile bitterly.
This was Tibet in 1900. Let alone entering Tibet, anyone who wanted to enter Sichuan in this era had to experience the feeling of "the road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky".
Just as the Queen of England expected, supply transportation became a difficulty facing Lin Youde in order to support Tibet.
"It would be great if Sophie could have more Yunzhou boats." After silently controlling the conference room for a long time, Chen Haihui said, "How about letting her rush to build a few more boats?"
Lin Youde shook his head without hesitation and rejected the idea...
Regarding this issue, Lin Youde thinks this way:
There are large and small airships. The small ones are only slightly larger than a single-person cloud-walker, which can only carry a few people or hundreds of kilograms of cargo; the large ones are like the Queen's ship, the Glory of Britain, and the air carrier.
Birmingham's take-off weight is equivalent to three An-225 super transport aircraft from the previous time and space.
Most airships are between C130 and C17 in size. Their advantages are that they can fly long distances without replenishing fuel, can hover and take off and land vertically, and their flight is more stable. The disadvantages are also very obvious. First of all, the speed is common
It is not as good as the super transport aircraft of the previous time and space. Secondly, they are very expensive and difficult to produce.
Therefore, the airships in this time and space are generally used as Shenji troop transports. This way there is no need to equip a large number of conventional troops to protect Shenji, because only Shenji can attack the airships carrying Shenji. Several aircraft
An empty ship can carry the established Shenji troops and their supply units. When such a formation is deployed on the battlefield, it can well make up for the lack of Shenji combat radius and mobilize Shenji to where it is needed faster. Once
If the war is unfavorable, you can retreat more quickly and protect the precious Shenji resources.
Now, based on Lin Ji's needs, one All-Field Nirvana is enough. It is not cost-effective to deliberately spend money to build a few more ships for transportation purposes.
But this does not mean that the All Domain Annihilation cannot be used for transportation.
Although only a few hundred tons can be transported in one trip, considering the British army's attack on Tibet, the supply situation may not be much better...
Lin Youde was suddenly stunned when he thought of this.
Yes, the supplies of the British army may not be much better! If there is a fast flying airship loaded with Shenji and constantly raiding the British transport lines in Chunpi Valley and Teesta Valley, then what will happen?
how?
At the speed of the All-Field Annihilation, it would only take two days to make a round trip after resupplying in Lhasa!
In that case, the British would have to dispatch the Shenji to defend the supply line, and as long as the Shenji defending the supply line were annihilated, the British offensive would be disintegrated!
In this way, the frontal war can be turned into a confrontation between Shen Ji and Shen Ji. And this kind of confrontation, I'm sorry, Lin Youde has a big killer in hand, and he is not afraid of any big horse.
After thinking about it, Lin Youde presented his entire idea to his confidants and immediately received unanimous support.
The decisions made at this emergency countermeasures meeting are as follows:
one,
In order to paralyze the British and their intelligence agencies, they began to send agents to Sichuan and other provinces that were necessary to enter Tibet, and bribed local officials and squires.
two,
Send personnel to Tibet to discuss the provision of weapons to Zang's army, and begin to use the All-Domain Annihilation to transport weapons to prepare for the future of Shenji's troops crossing the sea and entering Tibet without concealment.
three,
Elite goddesses were selected and sent to Tibet in batches with the All-Domain Annihilation to adapt to plateau operations, and at the same time conduct experiments on the operation of new equipment in the plateau environment.
Four,
Accelerate the construction of rx-78 unit 2 and unit 3.
five,
The combat plan was codenamed "Red River Valley"
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In the winter of 1903, the British army crossed the Zelila Pass they had captured during the first invasion and advanced toward Yadong, just like in the previous time.
The Thirteenth Emperor, who had been well prepared, immediately announced that "all Tibetan monks and people will not hesitate to make heavy sacrifices and vow to fight to the death with the British invaders, the enemy of Buddhism." Up to this point, the script is similar to the previous time and space.
The difference is that this time, the Tibetan soldiers and civilians in Yadong and Chunpi had already withdrawn completely according to Lin Youde's plan to "lure the enemy deeper". Not only that, all the cattle and sheep in the hands of the Tibetans were bought by Lin Ji and they were all killed.
They were piled up on the roadside and the house was burned to the ground.
The miserable British army struggled for many days before finally crawling to Zang's army.
Zang's army's first line of defense was set up in Gyantse, where a tragic defense battle took place in the last time and space.
This time, the Tibetans did not have swords, spears, bows and arrows in their hands, but Lin Ji's imitation of the Maxin, self-produced submachine guns and mountain cannons, and they also built a fortification zone under the command of a Marine Corps engineer officer.
The barbed wire fence was pulled up.
However, in this time and space, the number of British invading troops was much larger than in the previous time and space. They also dispatched several airships to carry the Second Royal Knights to assist in the battle.
Seeing that a bloody battle is about to break out in Gyantse...