Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 762
One of the most vicious of these orders issued by Feng Yuxiang was to order the troops to loot the villages and towns around Charikal and plunder their population. Ordinary people, at this time, use mutton as the main source of food. The [-] troops of the advance troops of the Dragon Army suddenly stationed in Charikal. The biggest problem and the first problem that needs to be solved is the logistics problem of the troops, and the logistics problem The first thing in the middle is the problem of food. These troops are not the original garrison troops in Kabul. After arriving in Kabul, the logistics supply is mostly purchased by themselves after the Ministry of National Defense allocates funds. After all, they will supply tens of thousands of troops at once. The supply of supplies is not a matter of one sentence, so this reinforcement to Charikal is no exception. Most of the troops did not even bring much dry food, so they rushed here. How can the food in the city provide enough supplies for the [-] troops? ?So the quartermaster can only buy supplies everywhere with banknotes.

Feng Yuxiang sent a large number of cavalry squads to carry out a real sense of fortification and clearing of the surrounding villages and towns of Charikal. Food, cattle and sheep, iron, property, and even horse fodder were gathered near the Dragon Army's position by the cavalry, and those who were unwilling to obey The people who ordered them were set on fire together with their houses, piles of hay, and supplies that could not be taken away. Not only these, in order to prevent the other party from using local materials to build fortifications, Feng Yuxiang also ordered the cavalry to Some woods and pastures that were far away from our own positions were all set on fire. For a while, outside the city of Charikal, which had not yet started fighting, there was already smoke and corpses everywhere. The suffocated cavalry chased after them, not to mention not purchasing the materials they needed, even their own equipment and the money used to purchase materials were not much left.

As for the Afghans who were captured, it was easier to handle. In this country with complex ethnic and religious relations, the residents of different regions did not have much affinity, so these local residents were soon driven out to build fortifications. As for those who are unwilling to obey orders, they can only receive the bayonets and fists of the cavalry.

In Charikal, an observation post in the Afghan army position, a young man in the uniform of a major general was carefully observing every move on the opposite side with a telescope. I don't feel like shaking a bit.

In the not-so-spacious tent, the young King Zahir was studying the military map in front of him carefully, and beside him were Minister of Defense Mahmud Wang Shu and Major General Mullah Jaiddin, the military chief of Charikal City.

"Major General, how long can the materials in the city last?" Feng Yuxiang's plunder in the surrounding areas of the city has indeed seriously affected the material supply of the Afghan army. The road network in Afghanistan is very fragile, and the king has to consider the more than 3 troops he has here. What to maintain.

"One week, one week at most, this still needs to be rationed. Your Majesty, although I am the commander of the city defense major general, I still have less than 2000 people including the police force and local armed herdsmen. There must be less food in the warehouses in the city." "Major General Mullah Jaiddin said in a very difficult situation, there was nothing he could do, if such a city without any preparations for war, if it provided enough food for [-] troops for a week, it would already be tightening its belt.

"How are the residents in the city retreating?"

"Your Majesty, in fact, the population of this city is less than 1. Except for about [-] men who were temporarily recruited to serve in the army, the rest of the people have all left the city to seek refuge in Kabul. Textile workshops have been greatly affected and suffered great losses."

"Major General Mullaziddin, it's best if people have nothing to do. The current situation is very complicated. It is impossible for us to think so much. The enemy's attack will launch soon. So many citizens in the city will make the army unable to let go. Yes, what do you say?? My Uncle Wang." Zahir turned to Uncle Wang Mahmud and asked.

"Your Majesty is right. Defending Afghanistan is the most important thing!" This uncle Wang, who has been a military man for a lifetime, has been the Minister of Defense for more than ten years. He has not experienced it once or twice when the country is facing danger. Therefore, he appeared very calm and determined.

"Uncle Wang, when do you think the Chinese army on the opposite side will be able to attack us?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that our enemy will attack our position no later than tomorrow morning. Fortunately, our Kabul River is full of water in this season, and we can take as many places as possible around here, Transform it into a water network terrain to delay the enemy's attack."

"Uncle Wang is right. If it weren't for Uncle Wang's method, maybe the current city of Charikal has been taken by the enemy. Uncle Wang has once again blessed our country!" Until this time, the young Zhaxi It was only then that I realized that my two uncles, Hashim and Mahmud, were rare talents.

"Your Majesty, due to the effect of the river and water network, there are not many areas in front of us where the enemy's cavalry and tanks can pass. We are also blocked with machine gun forts and artillery. I believe the enemy cannot easily pass through. The biggest problem now , that is, the enemy's air force and artillery units. According to the information provided by the British, the enemy has at least one hundred artillery pieces with a caliber of 100mm or more, and these are all advanced smoothbore artillery pieces. Although we have almost one hundred pieces on our side Artillery, but these artillery come from nearly ten factories in several countries, and there are even some front-mounted artillery that belonged to more than [-] years ago. They are incomparable to our enemies in terms of range and vitality. As for the air force, they don’t need As I said, there are less than ten transport planes and reconnaissance planes left in the entire Afghan army, which cannot be compared with the enemy's most advanced Lanxiang bombers. Once our enemy uses superior artillery fire and air fire support, we will The front line is still very dangerous." Uncle Mahmud said worriedly, in fact, he also knew the reason why the air force was wiped out, but he really couldn't get angry at Zahir.

"Your Excellency, I have ordered the frontline soldiers to build strong anti-gun holes and concealed fortifications, but we are currently unable to find enough materials, not to mention reinforced concrete, and now we can't even find wood, because our enemies are almost We have burned all the woods that they cannot control, and now we don't have enough materials to build anti-aircraft fortifications." Major General Mulla Jaiddin hastily reported the construction of air defense facilities.

"Demolish houses, demolish all unused houses and other buildings in the city, except mosques, you can demolish anything, as long as you can build enough artillery fortifications, I don't care how many things you demolish? Understand Is it?" Uncle Mahmud said firmly.

"I understand, Your Excellency Minister, I will go out and give the order!" Major General Mullah Jaiddin turned around and walked out of the headquarters.

"Uncle Wang, how long do you think we should stay here?" Seeing no one around, Zahir asked Mahmud in a low voice.

"How long? Your Majesty, I think we should hold on here until the snow season comes, but in fact many things are beyond our control. In my opinion, it would be good to hold on for a week, but a week is enough, because a week We can at least assemble 15 troops around Kabul and build a relatively complete defense system. In addition, we can also stockpile enough supplies for these troops to fight for a year. The most important thing is that we can transfer the royal family and most of the citizens to the south. That way even if Kabul falls, we can still counterattack, but this week’s time is not easy to defend!”

"Uncle Wang, why don't we call up our armored troops? Wouldn't our odds of winning be better with them?"

"Armored troops, Your Majesty, you saw in Kabul that our armored forces have more than 100 old-fashioned firefly tanks, but if we get here, it would be good to have [-] left. Twenty tanks with only machine guns and small-caliber artillery It is not the enemy's opponent, even a large-caliber machine gun can penetrate the tank, why not put our tank armored force in the capital, so that it will be a restraint to our enemy, what do you think?" Mahmoud said with a smile on his face. An intriguing smile.

"Uncle Wang, I understand what you mean. If I hadn't been too impulsive, our air force would be like this too, right?"

"Your Majesty, it's best if you understand that our air force has a lot of quantity, but the quality is too poor. These planes can be filled there, but once they go to the battlefield, we will have to face many problems."

"Uncle Wang, what should I do next?"

"What are you doing? Your Majesty, you should be in Kabul. You should let our citizens see you, so that our capital can be stabilized. I am here on the front line, and the king does not need to guard it personally, do you know?" Mahmud said earnestly. To put it bluntly, bringing Zahir here was a choice he had to make. After all, she couldn't stop the king from coming here, but he had no idea if he really wanted the king to stay on the front line.

"Uncle Wang, me."

"Go back, Your Majesty."

"Boom boom boom boom boom" Just when Uncle Mahmud persuaded King Zahir to return to the capital, there was a huge explosion sound from the Dragon Army camp in the distance, and the earth was shaken by the explosion. The glass at the top shattered with a bang, and Uncle Mahmud, who had been through battles for a long time, immediately stuffed King Zahir under the table, and he also hid behind him.

Three minutes later, the sound of the artillery on the Dragon Army's position gradually died down, and Uncle Mahmud and King Zahir came out from under the table, "Uncle Wang, what, what's going on here?" Zahir asked palely. road.

(End of this chapter)