Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 761 The Insurmountable Gap

The worst thing is that the dragon army did not stop after occupying Skzar. Under the leadership of armored troops and cavalry troops, they are advancing at a high speed to Charikal, the capital of Parwan province in eastern Afghanistan. It is possible to occupy there tonight. Although it is a small city with a population of less than [-], it is the gate to the north of Kabul. Once Charikal, which is only [-] kilometers away from Kabul, falls, it means that the north of Kabul is completely destroyed. Once it comes out, the Dragon Army can arrive in Kabul within a few hours.

Faced with this sudden change, Zahir was really at a loss, and he quickly ran to the Army Hospital.At this time, Hashim has already known the outside changes from the secretary.

"Uncle Wang, what should I do?" Zahir yelled as soon as he entered the ward. He didn't look like a king at all, just like an ignorant child. In fact, he can't be blamed for this. He grew up in the greenhouse. , Where has experienced such a violent wind and rain?
"Your Majesty, don't panic, come here, sit down and talk." Hashem pointed to the stool in front of him and said to Zahir very calmly.

"Uncle Wang, the Chinese army is advancing towards Charikal, and it is very likely to occupy it within today. What should I do? Also, the air force is gone, all gone, Uncle Wang, I can stop the opponent with even a little bit now." The strength to move forward is gone." Zahir's voice trembled.

"Your Majesty, don't panic, you are the king of Afghanistan, you are Mohammad Zahir, you are the son of Mohammad Nadir, you can't do this! The Kingdom of Afghanistan still depends on you, the people of Afghanistan still depend on you, you have to lead Your country, your people won the final victory over the invaders, do you understand?" Hashem said to Zahir very seriously.

"But, Uncle Wang, I'm afraid, I'm really afraid. At this speed, the enemy will be able to hit the city of Kabul tomorrow!"

"Your Majesty, do you know the history of the Third Anti-British War? At that time, Amanola inherited the throne. He was dissatisfied with the British rule of Afghanistan and declared independence. Not long after, the powerful British army invaded Afghanistan. At that time, the regular army of our country was still There were less than 4 people, but these 4 people had to divide into three groups to fight bravely against the British invaders in the three directions of Khyber, Waziristan and Kandahar. Stein defeated the British army and surrounded the enemy Thaler Fortress. At the same time, King Amanola sent people to instigate a massive anti-British uprising in Pashtun on the Indian border. Britain was in a dilemma and was forced to abandon the plan. Soon after Valpindi initialed the peace treaty, and Britain recognized the independence of Afghanistan. We didn’t lose confidence in that situation, and now you’re afraid when you encounter difficulties on the first day?” Hashim gently stroked Zahir’s head Said.

"Uncle Wang, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty, listen carefully. First, order the commander of the Charikal garrison to immediately lead all the troops to advance in the direction of Skezal, and order them to destroy all bridges along the way and set up roadblocks as much as possible. Second, immediately mobilize all the troops. Less than [-] troops went to Charikal to set up defenses to stop the enemy. Thirdly, the entire city of Kabul was under martial law, and all adult males were required to register and help build fortifications. Fourthly, all the scattered settlements outside the city were relocated. All food and materials were withdrawn to the tenth place in the city, and the tribal armed forces and troops from all over the south were ordered to gather and reorganize in Kandahar to reinforce Kabul. Don’t forget, we are not fighting as one country. We must turn to Britain and France for help at this time. There are still a large number of military forces in the west of our country, and they will not just watch Afghanistan being occupied by the Chinese in vain." Hashim struggled to speak out his arrangement.

"Uncle Wang, is there anything else that needs attention?"

"Let's do this first, and I will tell you when I think of other things. Remember, as a king, you can't panic at any time, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous. Even if the enemy hits the city, you have to Be absolutely calm, understand?"

"I see, Uncle Wang, time is running out, I'll arrange it right away!"

On this evening, Feng Yuxiang's army finally arrived at the city of Charikal after going through untold hardships. He saw through the telescope that Charikal looked like a golden city in the afterglow of the evening sun, but he couldn't be happier.Because his troops traveled from Skezal to Charikal, due to the Afghan army and the Turkish-supported army, they sent troops in time to join the local tribal armed forces, constantly obstructing and harassing, which also made the advancing speed of the entire army faster than Much slower than expected.

Now, his armored corps has arrived at the city of Charikal as a forward force, but the artillery unit is still under the escort of infantry, slowly advancing towards Charikal, because almost all the bridges along the way have been blown up, and many roads have been destroyed. It had been dug open on purpose, and as it stood the infantry and artillery units would not arrive until tomorrow morning.

The Afghan army on the opposite side is adjusting the deployment and repairing the fortifications. In order to enhance the city's defense capabilities, they even led all the low-lying areas around the city into the Kabul River. Anxiety is not understandable by ordinary people. Of course, Chen Jitang is even more anxious. Seeing that Charikal is in front of him, but there is a big river blocking the way, and tanks and chariots just can't get through.

Although the Afghan army does not have much combat effectiveness, it is an army after all, and with the cooperation of the Turkish cavalry division and armored division, facing the situation of overwhelming soldiers, they are not only not nervous, but also launched a few rifles that are almost smoothed out. The old-fashioned mountain cannon launched a bombardment at the dragon army on the opposite side. This kind of old-fashioned mountain cannon is not very powerful. People with good eyesight can even observe the opponent's ballistic trajectory with the naked eye. How can there be decades-old shells falling on the position? It even failed to explode many times, but it was this kind of shelling that actually brought a lot of confusion to Feng Yuxiang's vanguard.

The vanguard of the Dragon Army is almost entirely composed of tribal armed forces in the eastern region. These Afghan men who grew up on horseback, if they were on the battlefield, they would never lose to cavalry against cavalry. Anyone's, because they have natural courage and incomparable wisdom, but this is not the case with bombardment, and some people don't even know what bombardment is all about?Seeing the black things flying towards their position on the opposite side, they were simply dumbfounded there.

As a result, the Afghan cavalry unit in Feng Yuxiang's hands began to waver, and one, two, three, ten, and twenty eventually turned into a retreat of the entire battalion and the entire company. Therefore, the commander should quickly organize a supervisory team to enforce battlefield discipline on the fleeing soldiers, but if he takes tough measures against these Afghan cavalry now, it is very likely that these tribal armed forces will defect.So helpless Feng Yuxiang had no choice but to order the troops to withdraw collectively to build fortifications outside the artillery range of the Afghan army after leaving a few observation posts.

In fact, when he saw the Afghan army building fortifications in Charikal, Feng Yuxiang's heart was a little bit drummed. He never thought that after the old guy Hashim was seriously injured and hospitalized, the almost idiot King Zahir would be able to do so. Send troops in time to defend the city.No matter how long the tens of thousands of improvised Afghan troops can withstand, it means that he wants to use armored forces and superior artillery units to achieve the bankruptcy of the Kabul blitz plan. When he takes Charikal and marches into Kabul However, the fortifications of the city of Kabul have almost been perfected. At that time, the battle to seize Kabul by oneself is bound to become an out-and-out urban offensive and defensive war.It is still unknown whether I can successfully win this urban offensive and defensive battle with the help of this labor-intensive and expeditionary army in my hand, coupled with the unfamiliar and complex geographical environment of Afghanistan.What's more, reinforcements from Britain, France and other countries will continue to be sent to Kabul. At that time, Feng Yuxiang will face a dilemma.

But Feng Yuxiang knew that his troops had no way out here, even if they wanted to separatize Ishkashim and its surrounding areas, it was impossible, because he knew very well that these Afghan tribal armed forces supported him , is to seize the power in Afghanistan with the support of the Chinese, and promise to give these people corresponding political status and privileges after the seizure of power. If they cannot give them these things, these people will definitely betray themselves in order to protect themselves and his own army.

The original strategic policy was to try to divide and disintegrate Afghanistan internally and win the support of the Afghan tribes, but now it seems that the risk of this policy is also very high!
"No, never give up! Jiang Baili can win Nanya, why can't I, Feng Yuxiang, win Afghanistan? Even if I lose, I won't lose here!" Feng Yuxiang secretly made up his mind.

He immediately summoned the little bosses sent by various tribes to lead troops before him. As a reward for "heroically killing the enemy" on the first day, each of them was rewarded with two hundred dragon coins and a gold bar, but the condition was that these little bosses would return home. Finally, you must urge your own people to help the Dragon Army build a strong enough forward position and set up tents for the follow-up troops.

Most of these little bosses in their own tribe are just some brainless brats. How would they know what a dragon coin is, but the elders of the tribe have already confessed to them before leaving that this colorful little piece of paper is in Afghanistan. You can buy five cows or two women on the land, which is almost equivalent to the income of a poor Afghan family for several years, not to mention the gold bars. These people know that even in their elders’ families, It may not be possible to take out a gold bar.Taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others, no matter in which era or country, it is an indestructible theorem.After returning, these Afghan officers quickly launched operations according to Feng Yuxiang's deployment.

(End of this chapter)