Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 776 Paratroopers, attack!
"Of course it's true. I can't just lie to you on the first day of marriage." Guan Xuqing said.

Ma Yisha snuggled up to the emperor's chest contentedly, Guan Xuqing caressed her hair gently, the shadow of the candles flickered in the room, and the beauty under the lamp was like jade, Guan Xuqing only felt distraught for a moment, bent down and kissed Ma Yisha deeply. kiss deeply.

The next day, Guan Xuqing didn't get up until the sun was high. Ma Yisha had already washed and washed, and ordered someone to arrange a table of delicious halal food to wait for the emperor. Wearing a yellow dress, she looks even more charming.

The two sat opposite each other, eating and chatting at the same time. They looked like a couple who had been together for a long time and had a tacit understanding. Everything was so natural and casual.

At this moment, Wang Shang came to report that Feng Yuxiang handed over a sign to ask for an interview. Guan Xuqing glanced at Ma Yisha and said, "Xuanjin" is not enough. Tomorrow night at the latest, Bruce Fraser, commander of the Middle East Defense Zone of the British Army, will personally lead an armored division and two infantry divisions with nearly 5000 troops, and is marching towards Ishkassim. The purpose of the operation is to control the northern part of Afghanistan. !"

Guan Xuqing wiped his mouth with a fragrant towel, and said, "It came so quickly, did the British get the news of the marriage between China and Arab states?" Guan Xuqing seemed a little annoyed. Gift.

"Yes! The information was obtained from Mr. Zhao, and with the information we obtained before, we can almost conclude that the British are here for the real thing this time!"

"Assemble in the war room, Huanzhang, order all officers above the division level to gather in the war room, I want to hold an emergency military meeting!" Guan Xuqing got up and said, his original judgment on the situation in Afghanistan seemed a little too optimistic, and he had almost ignored it After all, the factor of Britain has emerged, but I don't know how determined Churchill is to send troops this time.

After Feng Yuxiang received the decree, he went out to prepare for the meeting. Guan Xuqing changed his clothes and said to Ma Yisha, "Are you going? If you want, let's listen together. I am going to use troops against the United Kingdom. Let me show you the hero of the empire." How lions drove the British completely off the soil of Afghanistan."

Ma Yisha smiled and said, "With you here, I have nothing to worry about."

Fifteen minutes later, all the officers above the division level stationed in Kabul gathered in a relatively intact conference room in the Kabul Palace, and one hundred military intelligence agents brought by Zhao Bingjun from India also officially entered the Afghan Palace to protect The safety of the Emperor of the Empire.

"The British are too rude. Your Majesty is a newlywed, and they rushed to send troops at this time. This is clearly intended to make trouble!" Chen Jitang, the commander of the armored army, said angrily.

"That's right. The British were worried that if we really controlled Afghanistan, it would be bad for them, so Churchill wanted to put a sharp knife in our hearts. I heard that this time, Brian, the commander-in-chief of the Middle East Defense Zone, led the troops personally. Not too small!" Tang Shengzhi added on the side.

Guan Xuqing said: "You are all right. Before this war, the Ministry of the Army did not correctly estimate the difficulties that the Dragon Army would encounter, especially the underestimation of the reaction of the British authorities who chose to retreat many times. Our army has dragged itself into an embarrassing situation, Bu Wu, your Ministry of the Army should review it carefully to avoid making such mistakes in the future."

Xu Shichang blushed, "What the emperor admonished is that I must reflect on myself."

Guan Xuqing nodded and said, "But there is nothing surprising about this. Afghanistan is the sphere of influence of the United Kingdom. They will not just sit and watch the things in their pockets being taken away by others anyway. According to the situation we have After the defeat in the Indian War, Churchill was generally distrusted by the people, and Churchill's prestige reached its lowest point after World War II, and now the hard-line forces of the army are occupying the mainstream, even if Churchill no longer wants to send troops, there is nothing he can do about it."

"Your Majesty, I just read from the information that Blazer may lead three divisions, including an armored division, to attack our northern part of Afghanistan. There should be many possibilities. Why is it so certain that he will attack Ishka? Where's Sim?" Chen Cheng expressed his doubts.

"I'm going to ask Feng Huanzhang this question, Huanzhang, can you explain to everyone?" Guan Xuqing smiled and said to Feng Yuxiang who was still studying the military map.

"Yes. In fact, this problem is easy to explain. The terrain in the northern part of Afghanistan is complex. According to the aerial reconnaissance we conducted in the past few months, it is not difficult to find that there is only one road from the British strategic base in the Middle East to any city in the northern part of Afghanistan. It can be used, but the British armored forces must use this road to reach the northern region, and the hub of this road is the northern town of Ishkasim. As long as they occupy it, they can spread out to the two wings with superior forces , and quickly occupied Kunduz and other important towns in northern Afghanistan, forming a heavy pressure on Kabul. I am afraid that we will have to spend a lot of effort to block them back." Feng Yuxiang analyzed in detail.

"The commander-in-chief is right. We estimated just now that it would take three days for the armored forces to advance along the road at full speed to support Ishkasim from here, and the British side If it goes well, the old guy Bryan may have already occupied the northern region." Zhang Xiaozhun analyzed.

"Chief of Staff, I don't understand. According to the Afghans, it only took them one day and one night to ride horses from Kabul to the northern part of Afghanistan? Why is it so slow now that they have reached the armored forces?" Tang Shengzhi asked aside.

"Of course, the Afghans are familiar with geography, and the terrain in Afghanistan is most suitable for cavalry operations. Of course, the speed is not comparable to that of armored troops." Zhang Xiaozhun explained.

"But chief of staff, our cavalry can also recruit Afghan war horses. It is enough for our [-] cavalry to buy [-] horses. Is it easier than them?" Tang Shengzhi said unconvinced.

"Don't look at your double guns are well-known in Asia, but if you really talk about horseback kung fu, you don't deserve it. Most of the Afghan cavalry are the kind who grew up on horseback since they were young. What about ours? ?After the development of mechanized troops, there were fewer and fewer cavalry. Most of the troops brought to Afghanistan this time were improvised infantry. Our troops have undergone rigorous training. It won’t be a disadvantage, but once they are asked to run long distances, it will not work. As for our cavalry, even if they can rush to Ishkasim within a day and a night, they are almost falling apart. What fighting power can they have? ?”

Chen Cheng asked: "Then why don't we just use the Afghan cavalry to launch long-distance raids on the British army and everything will be fine?"

Zhang Xiaozhun smiled wryly: "It's not that easy. Our troops have strong combat capabilities but weak long-distance attack capabilities. The Afghans are just the opposite. Even if they can reach Ishkassim in time, they will face the well-trained and well-armed British troops." , and they are not their opponents at all. So the main force of this battle is the tank and armored force. Lao Chen, don’t put any pressure on you. According to intelligence, most of the so-called armored divisions in the UK are equipped with old-fashioned Stuarts. The tank is not an opponent of the Imperial Tiger tank at all, and we may not lose to him in terms of numbers, so don't worry about it."

When Chen Jitang heard that fighting was as exciting as chicken blood, he slapped his chest and said, "I'm not worried. What I'm worried about is that my tank troops won't be useful. Don't say that we have Tiger tanks. , our infantry have grenades that can fire armor-piercing shells for tanks. There is no problem with those Stuart tanks in the UK, but the problem is that the British army is a force cultivated with an offensive spirit. Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for us to win without air supremacy." Chen Jitang said with some concern.

"This is indeed a problem, but it's not impossible to solve it! Where's Shen Debian?" Xu Shichang frowned.

"Here! Mr. Xu, I have paratroopers under my command. Although I have anti-armor weapons, you don't want my troops to fight the enemy's tanks. To be honest, I'm really scared." Shen Debian smiled He was not for the faint of heart, he said, but he felt that pitting paratroopers against tank troops was somehow a mass suicide.

"Who said I'm going to put your paratroopers against the tanks? At this time, I'm worried that pro-British separatists in Afghanistan will take the opportunity to make trouble, so I hope I can drop your troops there to maintain order, of course not It's as simple as maintaining order. From the map of the Afghan army, there is one civilian airport and three military airports near Kunduz. However, due to poor communication, we still don't know whether those airports can still be used, so Your second task is to inspect, defend and repair the airport to ensure that before the enemy launches an attack. Put the airport into use, and I will order Gao Zhihang, a large group of our air force remaining in India, to dispatch at least [-] Fenglei fighter jets and radars With the equipment stationed in Kunduz, I believe the British will not easily seize air supremacy from us.”

"There is no problem with this, Mr. Xu. Excluding the troops scattered in Charikal and Kabul, I still have 4000 people on hand, ready to go into battle at any time!"

"Okay! This time it will be hard work for you! Kabul Airport still has a runway that can be used. I hope that the troops can install aircraft and take off as soon as possible. After all, the possibility of being intercepted by the British Air Force at night is much smaller." Xu Shichang was very glad to be here During the day, he ordered the engineering troops to rush to repair the airport. If not, the paratroopers would have to walk at least dozens of kilometers to Charikal to use the field airport there to install aircraft. Maybe it would be dawn in Kunduz.

(End of this chapter)