When everyone in the Qing Dynasty pinned their hopes of turning defeat into victory on Chani's million-strong army, little did they know that Chani was also facing a dilemma.
Before the Ming army launched its attack, Zhang Huangyan had summoned the consuls of various countries stationed in Moscow.
For being able to learn such important information, the consuls of various countries naturally did not dare to show any neglect, and they either sent people or returned to their hometowns in person to meet with the head of state as soon as possible.
This also means that the Allied forces in Central Europe can be roughly synchronized with the Ming army's march south, and can also play a role in containing the Qing army's return to defense to a certain extent.
After receiving reliable intelligence, Marshal Turenne ordered the French army to go out in full force and attack Saxony directly north from the Munich area in Bavaria, where the army was stationed.
Leopold led the Allied forces to attack Thuringia from the center. With the cooperation of a large number of French fighter planes, the Allied forces' counterattack was vigorous and the attack went smoothly.
In order to ensure a smooth offensive, the French Air Force dispatched more than 2,000 "Albatross" fighter jets and 62 newly acquired "Hercules" bombers.
This was the first time that the Allied soldiers saw the grand spectacle of carpet bombing. They were all stunned and could not believe what they saw.
Not only the Tatar cavalry, but also the trees in the forest, all animals and plants in the bombing area were completely wiped out by this bombing, which really made everyone feel chilling.
The benefits are also obvious. A Tatar cavalry group with a strength of about 10,000 people was directly killed by carpet bombing at least 3,000 people.
The rest were trapped in repeated strangleholds by the fighter units and were unable to extricate themselves. In the end, with the cooperation of the ground forces, only a thousand enemies escaped and ascended to the sky.
Not only did the Qing army along this route suffer heavy losses, but all the Qing cavalry groups that encountered Allied counterattacks were defeated by the joint attack of the aircraft fleet and the cavalry. In some cases, the Qing army was completely annihilated. .
Turena had not taken action before, but was waiting for the Ming army to take action first, or for both sides to take action at the same time.
Only in this way can the Qing army with a total strength of four to five million be contained in one fell swoop.
More importantly, Turena knew that the Ming army's heavy equipment was far more popular than the Allied forces.
If the French Air Force can obtain twenty "Hercules" bombers every year, then the Ming Army can field at least ten times that number of bombers every year.
Looking around the world, only the Ming Empire had the ability to quickly and massively equip high-tech heavy weapons with high costs.
Turena believed that in order to reduce the casualties of the Ming army, the opponent would definitely invest no less than three to four hundred bombers.
This means that in order to withstand the strong advance of the Ming army, the Qing army must invest at least two million troops on the eastern front.
Then the pressure on the Western Front will be reduced. On the basis of more than one million, the Qing emperor should not invest more troops.
These are all Turenne's speculations, and the specific situation needs to be tested through actual combat.
However, the power of the "Hercules" bomber is indeed extraordinary, and it is reasonable for the other party to sell it expensively.
I have seen with my own eyes that the killing effect of more than a hundred "Albatross" fighter jets is not as good as that of twenty "Hercules" bombers.
In the face of this high-tech weapon, the Tatar cavalry troops had no ability to resist at all and could only focus on running away.
Every "Hercules" bomber has already been spray-painted with the emblem of the French Royal Air Force - a yellow bee on a blue background!
I originally wanted to paint gold bees, but gold paint is too expensive...
Before going to war, Turenne also told the generals, including Deputy Commander Leopold, to capture as many prisoners as possible and then use them to pay debts to the Ming Empire, so as to maximize military expenses.
After the fighting started, many Allied soldiers saw that the village where they were born was in ruins. They immediately became angry and wanted to kill the brutal Tatars directly.
Without waiting for them to take action, the fleets of the French Air Force and the Allied Air Force helped everyone solve this problem.
As long as they see the military flag on the ground or the armor worn by the cavalry that is different from their own, they will immediately launch an attack.
The aircraft fleet will not return until all the bombs and bullets are used up, and will help the ground troops mop up the enemy as much as possible.
Airports have been built in cities such as Berlin, Hannover, Magdeburg, Chemnitz, Halle, Leipzig, Kassel, and Dresden in central and eastern Germany.
Even if some insignificant buildings are demolished, land for the airport must be cleared. Everyone has realized the importance of the air force to their own side.
Big cities should build large airports, and small cities should build small airports. Even if the runway runs through the entire city and even affects daily travel, it is completely acceptable.
For the bandit-like Tatars, Germans everywhere showed unprecedented unity. Everyone shared the same hatred, just to wait until one day, the Allies could defeat and even finally eliminate the damn Tatars.
As we all know, once the Tatars break the city, everyone in the city will have only two choices, either to die or to be escorted to Eastern Europe for mining.
Therefore, the mayor of every city will fight to the death, providing money, strength, and land. If they can defeat the Tatars, their work will be considered in vain.
Before the Allied forces began to counterattack, the aircraft in each city were only responsible for reconnaissance and liaison, and would not rashly launch attacks on the Tatars.
But now, fighter planes everywhere have become the hawkeyes and pioneers of the cavalry troops.
This directly resulted in the various Qing armies that implemented the "Rain of Arrows Tactics" in the vast German area east of the Weila River changing from being everywhere to being beaten everywhere.
Even if they don't encounter the opponent's cavalry, they will be strafed by several or more than a dozen aircraft flying overhead.
After half a million French troops moved north, the total strength of the Allied forces was not less than that of the Qing army that invaded the local area, but was actually more.
Coupled with complete control of the air and taking advantage of air cover, the Allied counterattack achieved the result of annihilating more than 200,000 enemies within ten days.
It can't be considered particularly huge, but compared with the previous situation of being passively beaten, it has been greatly improved, and the morale of all the Allied Forces is at a stage of high.
I believe it is only a matter of time before the Tatar army is driven out and the entire German region is recovered.
Chani, west of Brandenburg City, felt that the situation was not good after receiving reports that various groups in the vicinity were being counterattacked by barbarians one after another. Maybe this action was a sign that the barbarians were beginning to counterattack.
Because the number of flying evil creatures dispatched was much greater than before, and they were frantically attacking the Qing cavalry. This was something that had never been encountered in the past few years.
If they persisted in attacking, the Qing army might suffer even more heavy losses, so Chani planned to withdraw his troops to Prussia first.
After stretching the supply line of the barbarian army, and then dispatching the Qing cavalry to attack their seven-inch position, this is the strategy of retreating in order to advance!
However, the advantage of the "rain of arrows tactic" is that it is like mercury falling on the ground, but the disadvantage is that it cannot execute orders and prohibitions as quickly as possible.
It will take at least half a month to contact various people. God knows how bad the war situation will be by then...
Nearly 200,000 Qing troops nearby had received orders to retreat and quickly rushed east toward Prussia.
Those further west and fighting in central and southern Germany were relatively late in getting news.
By the time they got the order to retreat, almost all of them had been beaten to the point of losing their armor and rolled and crawled back to the northeast.
However, the troops who later arrived in Prussia did not see Tsani, because Tsani had received an urgent letter from Emperor Baocheng and quickly sent troops back to rescue.
They also want to return to Shengjing, which is the new dragon land of the Qing Dynasty. The dog barbarian is still the old enemy of the Qing Dynasty, and they must be driven back no matter what.
Fearing that his hometown would be lost, Chani led his troops to return to Shengjing from Prussia at night.
When they arrived at their destination, the part of Shengjing on the east bank of the Dnieper River had almost been flattened by Goumanzi's artillery fire.
The Qing ships that were originally scattered all over the river are now only a few dozen scattered ones.
They were unable to escape the attack of the flying evil creatures. The number visible to the naked eye alone was estimated to be as high as hundreds.
From the time the First Army arrived at the outskirts of Shengjing to the present day, the results achieved by the Ming Air Force and the Route Aviation Force can be described as brilliant.
More than 300 enemy ships were sunk, hundreds of gun emplacements were destroyed, and more than 50,000 enemy soldiers were killed or injured on the shore.
The targets of the attack are mainly ships and gun emplacements, otherwise the number of braided soldiers killed and wounded can easily be doubled.
Yang Zhan wanted to take advantage of the dry season in May to force his troops to cross the Dnieper River before the rainy season came in June.
The reason for not being anxious is that the temperature is low and the river water is too cold. Once the soldiers fall into the water, they may not survive.
All Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers participating in the combat operations south have received swimming training, and it is perfectly fine to paddle with a dog for half an hour.
One thing is that the current water level is not up to Yang Zhan's expected standards, and he hopes that the water level can be lowered.
This is gambling on luck, betting that the weather will be dry this spring and summer.
Otherwise, it would be considered a disaster...
If the Second Army, which had forcibly crossed the Dnieper River in the shallow waters of the middle reaches, could land and quickly move north, it could also participate in the siege of Shengjing.
There is another method. After the Ming Dynasty King's Division controls the Sea of Azov, they can use small ironclad ships assembled locally to sail upstream from the mouth of the Dnieper River in the Black Sea.
The method is more troublesome, but it is the most appropriate method. After that, we can completely control the Dnieper River and ensure that the army is sent to the other side.
Through water reconnaissance by special forces, the depth of the river in the Shengjing section may be about five to seven meters.
It's not too deep, but without ships or pontoons, the armored forces will definitely not be able to get through.
It may be really dangerous to deal with the more than 100,000 dog Tatars on the other side with infantry and special forces alone.
Yang Zhan was not afraid that he would not be able to defeat Shengjing, but he was afraid that if he did, he would suffer tens of thousands of casualties.
I couldn't explain it to the emperor when I got back. After all, my troops had the advantage in air and firepower...
The main reason is that pension prices have increased.
If an ordinary soldier dies in battle, the court must pay five hundred silver coins!
If noncommissioned officers, officers, or generals die in battle, their family members will naturally receive a higher pension than a lower pension.
Ten thousand people were killed in the battle, and Yang Zhan couldn't afford to lose his entire family, so he had to be cautious.
Speaking more broadly, the battle damage of each department is directly linked to the final rewards and punishments.
To put it more simply, you must love your soldiers as your own sons, otherwise why would the soldiers sacrifice their lives for the general?
Ever since he led the army to fight, Emperor Haojing has never advocated letting Ming soldiers die as cannon fodder.
The reason is simple. Those who are willing to obey orders and die are often elite troops.
First destroy all your elite troops, and then expect a bunch of ragtag troops to defeat the braided army?
When the Braided Army entered the fortress to fight, they were able to run rampant and even captured Jinan City and captured King De. This is a lesson learned from the past!
The secret of the Ming Dynasty's division to defeat Braid is to preserve the only elite troops and use artillery and equipment advantages to defeat the opponent as much as possible.
To put it bluntly, how many aerial bombs can the pension of a hundred soldiers buy?
If so many aerial bombs were dropped, at least hundreds of Tatars could be killed and injured, right?
Since arriving at the Dnieper River, the Ming Air Force has dropped more than tens of thousands of aerial bombs.
The numbers are quite scary, but weapons and ammunition are being transported from the mainland to the front line in trains via railways.
At the same time, the return train can also transport the furs, ores, wood, and prisoners captured on the battlefield back.
This is why Emperor Haojing insisted on building a more expensive double-track railway. With this kind of line, two-way transportation can be started at the same time without delay.
After the war started, a large number of railway soldiers who were transported to the front line began to build the railway from Kursk to Sumy. The ultimate goal of this line is Shengjing!
All raw materials are readily available because they have been planned in advance.
They didn't do this before the war because they were worried about exposing their true intentions.
Kursk itself has iron mines and steel plants, and the trees and sand and gravel used for sleepers are also ready.
The Ministry of Industry and the Academy of Sciences estimate that the railway from Kursk to Shengjing can be completed in up to 18 months if there are no large mountains along the route.
Once the railway is completed and opened to traffic, it means that military supplies can be transported to the front line in one day, and it will be meaningless how the dog Tatars struggle to death.
The area east of the Dnieper River is just east of the Eastern European Plains and is generally not blocked by large mountains such as the Carpathian Mountains. In theory, there are no natural obstacles to building a short-distance railway.
Even without the railway, Yang Zhan's three-axe offensive tactics caused the Qing army to suffer a lot. With Shengjing right in front of them, they could not retreat and could only grit their teeth.
On April 10th of the Western calendar, three armored brigades and two mechanized infantry brigades of the Second Army, responsible for the central assault, had arrived on the west bank of the Dnieper River.
But their crossing point is Qingcheng. If they want to go north to support the First Army, even if they go north at full speed, it will take four or five days.
In addition, these five brigades alone are not enough. They have to wait for the cavalry and infantry units behind them.
The commander of the Second Army is Lin Jiangong, the son of Lin Baoguo. This time, his father and son's past military exploits gave him the opportunity to have fun here.
Since he can't go to North America, it's good to be able to participate in the southward operation. The emperor was able to grab such a good job because it was for the sake of his own father.
The backgrounds of the five generals responsible for this operation are actually very subtle...
The commander-in-chief, the governor-general Zhang Huangyan, was a disciple of the emperor, and the commander of the First Army Yang Zhan was directly promoted by the emperor.
Second Army Commander Lin Jiangong is the son of former Yongwei Battalion General Lin Baoguo, and Third Army Commander Zhang Junde is the son of former Guards Battalion General Zhang Yilong.
The commander of the Fourth Army, the force responsible for the direction of the Kalmyk grasslands, is Sun Shining, the second son of Sun Chuanting's eldest son.
This means that the five people are disciples of the emperor, some are appointed by the emperor, some are from the second generation of martial arts, and some are from the third generation of civilisation. They are almost complete!
