1825 My New Daming

Chapter 95 We should raise the stakes! (For collection, for follow-up)
"Bagua machine gun formation?" Daoguang suddenly became interested, "What kind of formation is this?"

Zhuge Weidao didn't answer, but turned his head to look at Mu Zhongjun and Zheng Guoxian of the Ming Army, "Mr. Mu, Brother Shenshan's army's combination of barbed wire, trenches, and machine guns is not a secret, is it?"

Mu Zhongjun shook his head and said with a smile, "No, it's not a secret."

It's a secret, how could he not know?He is the director of the Operations Division of the Army Staff Department's Operations and Training Bureau!But he had never heard of the combined tactics of barbed wire, trenches, and machine guns—although the Ming Army already had barbed wire, knew how to dig trenches, and equipped platoons with machine guns.However, "trench tactics" did not appear, and the Army is still using the tactics of the Napoleonic Wars (equivalent to the Franco-Prussian War period), focusing on offensive and mobile warfare, and not paying much attention to trench defense and static attrition warfare.

Zheng Guoxian just laughed and said nothing - he actually had nothing to say, so he didn't say anything.

At this time, Emperor Daoguang asked: "Son of Dao, how do you set up the gossip machine gun formation you mentioned?"

How to put it?I can't even explain this!
Zhuge Weidao turned his head and glanced at the fairy beside him, "This junior sister, can you bring some pens, ink, paper and inkstone?"

"Little sister will come as soon as she goes." The fairy bowed her body, moved her lotus steps lightly, and left the hall like a gust of wind. After a while, she led back two white eunuchs who were holding small tables with pens, ink, paper and inkstones. .

Then the two white eunuchs moved away the table in front of Zhuge Weidao, and put the small table with the Four Treasures of the Study in front of him, while the fairy half-kneeled beside Zhuge Weidao, and began to grind ink.

Zhuge Weidao took the opportunity to scrutinize her carefully, and found that this fairy was not an orchid from the Western Regions, but the "extreme fairy" that the old fairy said did not have much blood in the Western Regions. At first glance, she was not as good as Nalandili and Nata Li is so beautiful, but more delicate and attractive.Moreover, she is younger than Queen Mother Zheng, and she is still in the Mood for Love in future generations, and she can be regarded as "lightly familiar" today. Although this Emperor Guang is "poor", his enjoyment is much better than that of the historical one. up!

When Zhuge was engrossed in "appreciating" Daozheng, the ink had already been polished, and the fairy said in a low voice, "Senior brother, it's finished", and got up and stepped aside.

Zhuge Weidao smiled faintly, picked up a brush and began to draw on a piece of rice paper. After a while, he drew a circular array map that looked a bit like a gossip pattern.

Zhuge Weidao put away the brush, smiled and said: "Junior Sister, show this picture to the Emperor."

"Yes."

The fairy responded with a smile, and then took Zhuge Weidao's "painting" and showed it to Daoguang.

And Zhuge Weidao began to explain on the spot: "Brother Daoguang, this set of gossip formations composed of barbed wire, trenches, and machine guns is arranged like this. The outermost are several barbed wire formations to delay the infantry's advance. It can also be used in conjunction with mines. Laying. After the barbed wire fence, there is one or several trenches connected by traffic trenches. The infantry can carry machine guns and mortars, maneuver through the traffic trenches, and then deploy on the trench line, using machine guns and mortars to attack those trapped in the barbed wire formation. enemy.

In addition, these trenches themselves can be protected against artillery, and anti-explosive holes can also be dug in the walls of the trenches.In this way, when the enemy is shelling, our people can hide in the anti-battery hole, and when they finish firing the cannon and the infantry comes up, they can kill the enemy with machine guns.

If King Pingxi can set up this gossip machine gun array on the outskirts of Peshawar, he should be able to use two to 3000 people to severely damage the tens of thousands of troops commanded by Wellington! "

"Is it really that powerful?"

Emperor Daoguang obviously couldn't believe it.

In the original plan, Wu Chuanchuan would lead two or three thousand dead soldiers to fight the onslaught of the British and Indian soldiers in Peshawar, so as to buy time for Daoguang's army to clear the British and Indian troops in Afghanistan.

But if Wu Chuanfa can defeat tens of thousands of British and Indian soldiers in the Peshawar defensive battle, then it is not impossible to take over India!
Thinking of this, he thought about it carefully again, this gossip machine gun array looks okay!The current army's offensive is to let the infantry form a skirmish line to pounce upwards after the cannons are fired. If the infantry cannot break through the barbed wire barrier at once, then the machine guns will be very powerful.

Daoguang looked around.

He Shen smiled and said, "Your Majesty, it's worth a try."

Mu Zhang'a also said: "Your Majesty, we might as well set up this gossip machine gun formation in Peshawar while negotiating with the British. If Peshawar wins, we can have more bargaining chips for money."

Daoguang nodded, and finally made up his mind: "Okay, that's all we need to do, Brother Dao, I don't seem to have much barbed wire here, do you still have barbed wire over there?"

Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "Of course, it has been transported to King Pingxi today! Brother Daoguang, just wait and hear the good news!"

London, 10 Downing Street.

"Good news, good news Prime Minister, good news!"

When Sir Huck opened the door and walked into the Earl of Liverpool's office, he looked happy and congratulated the Earl of Liverpool repeatedly.

"What's the matter? Huck, what's the good news?" The Earl of Liverpool raised his head from a pile of reports on the economic crisis and bank failures, which was a headache to watch, and looked at his cabinet secretary.

"Your Excellency," Sir Harker said, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just called, and the Kingdom of Jin has agreed to follow Luocha to send troops to support Greece's independence. In addition, the Kingdom of Jin has also dispatched Chief Minister of Heaven and Secrets He Shen and Consul General Qi Qi in India. Go to Petersburg with Shan, and prepare to hold peace talks with us there."

"Okay!" The Earl of Liverpool slapped the table, "Quickly send electricity to Sir Amherst, and ask him to organize a counterattack against Peshawar as soon as possible. In addition, send electricity to Earl Nelson, and ask him to organize a fleet visit to Japan as soon as possible!"

"Yes, Prime Minister!"

The smells of cigars, espresso, and milk tea mixed together, floating in the small cabinet meeting room.

The cabinet members of the British Empire gathered together, and the British Prime Minister, the Earl of Liverpool, looked a little excited when he looked at his cabinet members, and there was also a bit of worry in the excitement.

"Gentlemen," said the Earl of Liverpool, "our empire is now at a critical historical crossroads, and if we do not want to lose the world empire so long won with blood, sweat and tears, then from now on we shall All courage and determination must be brought out, at all costs, to thwart that ambitious Eastern Empire."

"Mr. Prime Minister, is a world war about to break out?" said a cabinet minister to the Earl of Liverpool in a melancholy tone. "Our empire is in the midst of a serious economic depression. Production is shrinking and banks are failing." , workers are unemployed, everything is so bad, how can we throw ourselves into a war with the Ming Empire under such circumstances?"

This cabinet minister is talking about an economic crisis that is hitting the British Empire!

Well, capitalism, how can there be no economic crisis?

The current economic crisis hitting the UK is a typical crisis of surplus - this is due to the fact that the industrialization of Europe has been fully launched since the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and the scale of industrial production, especially the production of low-end products has far exceeded the market The limit of what can be digested.

At the same time, due to the collapse of the Spanish world empire, the Spanish colonies in America, which were originally responsible for exporting gold and silver to the old continent to create inflation, temporarily stopped the export of gold and silver because of the outbreak of revolution, which intensified the intensification of the Western European countries. deflation.

At this time, the industrialized countries in Western Europe have no experience in dealing with crises. There is no expansionary monetary policy, and there is no expansionary fiscal policy, and they do not know that war demand can be used to transfer the crisis, and countries generally adopt austerity measures to deal with excess crisis.

Therefore, Britain is now facing unprecedented economic difficulties, and it seems unwise to fight against Ming under such circumstances.

"Sir," the Earl of Liverpool glanced at the minister, "Of course I know that now is not the time to go to war with Ming Dynasty. Not only is the economy in recession, the army and navy are not ready either. We don't have enough Sovereign-class ironclad ships, nor Enough airships, and we face a war with the Ottoman Empire!
However, we can't show weakness to everyone now especially when we are in a weak situation!If we cannot show our determination to fight to the end, then the Ming Empire, inspired by the Battle of Peshawar, will definitely launch a new challenge to us! "

"Prime Minister," asked another Secretary of State, "what shall we do then?"

The Earl of Liverpool turned his attention to George Canning, who is often high on drugs. Although the Foreign Secretary is an addict, he often does some outrageous things.But there is no doubt that he still knows how to maintain the glory of the British Empire.

George Canning took over the topic and said, "We should raise the stakes!"

(End of this chapter)