1825 My New Daming

Chapter 99 The British Era Has Changed! (Keep reading! Do you still have books? Hurry up and pursue one)

Dajin Daoguang's sixth year, November 28th.

Perimeter of Peshawar.

The East India Company-Sikh Empire coalition forces have completed their tactical actions in the early stage of the siege, and the attack on Peshawar is about to begin!
The coalition forces of the East India Company-Sikh Empire drove over from the direction of Mardan two days ago.The first ones were the cavalry of the Sikh Empire. They fought with the Afghan tribal cavalry sent by Peshawar (provided by the tribes near Peshawar) on the flat terrain in the Gandhara Basin for most of the day.Then the Afghan tribal cavalry who were at a disadvantage retreated slowly, and did not retreat to Peshawar City, but scattered to the tribes around Peshawar City.

The confrontation between the cavalry of the two sides was not long, and the fight was not very intense.Wu Chuanzhen was not willing to send out his Eight Banners soldiers, but let the Pashtun tribal knights called by Abbas Khan go out to test the reality of the British.These tribal knights are not familiar with regular cavalry combat, but they are good at sneak attacks and harassment, and they are very familiar with the terrain.So Wu Chuanfa didn't let them go back to the city to waste food, but let them retreat around Peshawar and wait for the British to spread out before pinching their logistics lines.

Abbas Khan, a holy descendant wearing a black turban, left Peshawar early in the morning and hid among the mountain tribes a little further away, commanding the tribal cavalry and "slipper infantry" from the Pashtun tribe by remote control to fight the British ass up
But Hugh Goff doesn't care about these "slippers" at all. Can the dignified British soldiers lose to the "slippers"?cant!And in his view, these "wearing slippers" fled in all directions, indicating that the people in Peshawar were unstable. It is estimated that the number of Jin soldiers was not enough, and they were not the opponents of the [-] British-Sikh coalition forces at all.

So Hugh Gough immediately ordered his subordinates to launch and prepare to besiege the city of Peshawar.By the middle of the night on November 27, his coalition forces had controlled the attack starting position and the access to mobilize troops at the front.

Because the troops of the East India Company can basically be regarded as lightly armed and did not carry too many artillery.The Sikh Empire's army was already restricted by the East India Company, and it had a limited number of cannons.However, Hugh Goff, after concentrating the barrel artillery of various ministries of the coalition forces, still gathered eighteen 12-pound Armstrong breech-loading guns and thousands of shells, all of which were gathered by him, ready to be used to bombard the city wall of Peshawar. Although not strong, the ancient Peshawar city walls and the outer walls of Peshawar Castle simply cannot withstand the bombardment of this advanced rear-mounted artillery!

As long as the city wall is blown down, are you afraid that you won't be able to take Peshawar?
In the early morning of November 28, the chief officers of the coalition forces at all levels began to observe the positions, and the artillery began to enter the firing position covertly.However, when Hugh Gough and his staff officer, Colonel Charlie Brown, saw the low and yet unobtrusive place in front of them that consisted of refusing horses (there were not enough barbed wires, so Wu Faxan ordered people to build a batch of refusing carbines), barbed wire and ditches. The fortified defense system is somewhat refreshed.

The traditional defense system of this era is something that was passed down from the Napoleonic Wars more than ten years ago. Bastions and city walls are no longer popular, and are replaced by a combination of various obstacles, ditches, parapets, and bunkers.

However, the defense line that Jin Bing placed on the outskirts of Peshawar City did not include breast walls, and there did not seem to be any relatively large bunkers. At the same time, many wooden stakes were nailed to the front of the position, and something like wire was pulled on the wooden stakes.
"Charlie, what's that pulling on those stakes?"

Hugh Gough, who has fought all his life, never thought of "barbed wire".

"It's barbed wire," said his staff officer, who was well-informed at Charlie Brown. "It's just cutting thin wire into small pieces, then wrapping it around the wire fence, and cutting the ends of the thin wire into spikes."

"Ah, something so dangerous and devoid of public morals must have been invented by the Zhuge family?" Hugh Goff asked.

"General, I don't know who invented barbed wire," Charlie Brown said, "but I know that most of the barbed wire on the market was made by Ming Dynasty. Ranchers in Australia, the United States and Europe like to use it to divide their pastures. There are also some wealthy people who use it to prevent thieves and theft."

In fact, Hugh Goff guessed it right. This immoral and smoking barbed wire was "invented" by the Zhuge family, and it has also applied for patents in Ming Dynasty, Europe and the United States!
The patent protection period has not yet expired, so the barbed wire fences in the European market are still made by Daming.

However, except for the Ming army, no one used barbed wire for military purposes, but the animal husbandry and security industries would need to use barbed wire.Charlie Brown's family is relatively rich and has a large manor in the countryside of Ireland. In order to prevent the despicable Irish from stealing the family's cattle and sheep, the Brown family's manor is surrounded by barbed wire made by Ming Dynasty.
"Then how should we break it?" Hugh Gough held up the binoculars and said, "If we can break it, it may be difficult for our people to pass through."

"Cut it off with iron tongs," Charlie Brown frowned, "but we don't seem to have iron tongs. It must be too late to place an order now."

"What else can I do?" Hugh Gough asked again.

"How about chopping wood?" said Charlie Brown. "The cook has an ax for chopping wood."

"Okay!" Hugh Gough nodded, "Just distribute axes to all the infantry companies participating in the attack!" He thought for a while, "Tomorrow at three o'clock in the morning, the attacking troops will have meals and prepare dry food. The artillery preparations will begin at four o'clock in the morning. Each cannon fires a base amount of ammunition first, and launches the first attack at five o'clock tomorrow morning!"

"Obey, Your Excellency the Lieutenant General!"

The so-called "Bagua machine gun formation" that Wu Chuanfa set up outside Peshawar is actually an octagonal formation with numbers on each side, namely "Qian", "Kan", "Gen", "Zhen", "Zhen" Xun", "Li", "Kun", "Dui".

This octagonal position was laid out around the city of Peshawar, and criss-cross traffic trenches were dug behind the position, leading all the way to the outer trench of Peshawar city.Outside the four gates of Peshawar City, thick earth walls as high as a person were built, so that the troops entering and leaving the gates could have a cover and would not be discovered by the enemy.

In addition, there is a command post behind each of the four earthen walls, which is responsible for commanding the defenders on the two "sides" of the front.

As for the cannons of the defenders, they were placed on the square outside the fort in Peshawar, and were directly controlled by Wu Chuanchuan's headquarters.

On the night of November 28, Wu Faxing, who sensed that the British army was about to launch an attack, issued an order to guard the outer positions all night!In the early morning of the next day, as the front reported the movement of the British army, the alert was strengthened again.All the officers and soldiers entered the position, staring at the blackness in front of them with their eyes wide open.Mortars and machine guns were also in position, in firing positions located here and there along the front.

Everyone held their breath, watching the passage of time every minute and every second.

The headquarters of Pingxi Wang Wufax was placed on the tower of the Peshawar Fortress in Peshawar City.Zhuge Weidao, Zheng Guoxian, and Mu Zhongjun were already in their positions at three o'clock in the morning and almost four o'clock in the morning. The three of them boarded a turret together, and three telescopes with large multiples had been erected. It is the commanding height of the entire Peshawar city, overlooking the entire battlefield, no matter which direction the British and Indian troops attack from, the three of them can see it clearly.

Zhuge Weidao looked at the telescope for a long time, but because it was too dark, he couldn't see anything, so he had no choice but to put it down.He looked back at Zheng Guoxian and Mu Junen. These two elites of the Ming Army seemed to have a good relationship, and they were already smoking cigars together (they all knew that Zhuge didn't smoke, so they didn't smoke for him. ), the two of them also found that Zhuge Weidao had turned his head, and they both laughed.

"Hey, barbed wire fences block the road, machine guns fire. This is a good show!"

"That's right! The situation of the war will change drastically! Brother Daozi, it's a pity that you quit the army! But this time we both have your honor, and the lieutenant general is hopeful!"

Zhuge Weidao patted the stone wall of the turret, and said with a smile: "I counted my fingers, and I know that the two of you have a future as an admiral, a general, or even a marshal. Because..."

As soon as he said this, a ball of golden light suddenly appeared in the eastern sky from the corner of his eyes.

Zhuge Weidao looked at the group of rays of light that suddenly appeared in the starry sky, his spirit was shocked suddenly, and he said in a low voice: "Daying, times have changed, and your era is coming to an end soon!"

(End of this chapter)